Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Secure user authentication for NFS using RPCSEC_GSS [0/6] | From | Dax Kelson <> | Date | 12 Jan 2003 22:56:31 -0700 |
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On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 17:12, Trond Myklebust wrote: > Hi Linus, > > The following set of 6 patches implements support for the RPCSEC_GSS > security protocol (authentication only) and the Kerberos V5 security > mechanism.
As a user and sysadmin, I've been waiting for this for a LONG time. Standard NFS security/authentication sucks rocks. Without this NFS home directory servers are just waiting to be ransacked by a rouge (or compromised) root user on a client machine.
NFSv4 w/RPSEC_GSS is finally a native UNIX filesharing solution that I don't have to be ashamed of when hanging with admins of those "other OSes".
Dax
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