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Re: (OT) The NFS security system



On Friday 13 September 2002 23:27, Paul Smith wrote:
> Well, except that WASN'T his question.
>
> If he'd asked "Is SMB more secure than NFS?" then probably the answer is
> yes--although I know very little about SMB and secure NFS does
> exist--but it is little used and I'm not sure if it's supported on Linux
> yet.
>
> However, what he _asked_ is "how could the initial developers of NFS
> [not even] think about [security]?".  Andrew's response was the correct
> answer to the question that was asked.
>
> Being upset that the traditional NFS security model trusts the client is
> akin to being upset that a 1966 Chevy doesn't have air bags.

I got the point...

Funny, in next months IX (german IT magazine), there is a big article about 
OpenAFS. I really intressting. They got my call :-))

cheers,
Raffaele
-- 
Raffaele Sandrini <rasa@gmx.ch>
Annoyed about M$ Windows? Don't worry. Try Linux! (www.linux.org)




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