Re: Is there any encrypted or secure NFS?

[Antonio Rodriguez <arodriguez31@cfl.rr.com>]

On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:36:05PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 08:50, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 08:30:48 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> > > What would be the best route to establish an encrypted or secure nfs
> > > session?
> > 
> > There are several approaches:
> > - Establish a VPN connection (e.g. FreeS/WAN IPSec, or tinc) between the
> >   hosts and route your NFS traffic over it.
> >   This is probably the most straightforward and mature option.
> 
> I would strongly encourage this method. Does it strike anyone else as
> strange that every single application protocol has to (or just _is_)
> writing their own security/encryption system? 

This is an interesting -very!- remark. Even convergent with certain others.

> 
> Get it properly encrypted at a lower level with ipsec, and you can go
> about your business (whee, telnet's back).
> -- 
> Mark Roach
> 

Thanks Mark. I will check into this seriously.
AR