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> So what, there are still enough security problems inherent in NFS. Missing UID
> Mapping alone is a reason not use it in most cases.
> Sure, for some simple stuff it is fine but serving sensitive data with it?
> No way.

uid mapping in several NFS systems. The rest of the security stuff people whine
about is entirely RPC layer. NFS doesn't do security - sunrpc does. You can
thank the US government for the lack of a widely accepted secure RPC

Alan


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