Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Aug 2002 02:23:32 -0400 | From | marius aamodt eriksen <> | Subject | Re: [NFS] Re: Will NFSv4 be accepted? |
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* Brian Pawlowski <beepy@netapp.com> [020814 18:36]: > > RPCSEC_GSS is not an argument for NFSv4... > > yes. > > But ACL support over the wire is an argument for V4 - and fine grained > authorization coupled to strong authentication makes for a flexible > security package.
and let's not forget such things as getting rid of the representation of users as UIDs over the wire, as well as delegations (i.e. better caching == better performance), named (extended) attributes support, soon-to-come interoperability with a vast array of operating systems, etc. etc.
marius.
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