[TriLUG] Network file system.

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Ben Simpson wrote:

> Is there a network file system that is safe (or safer) to use than NFS?  And
> has anyone set that up in a real world enviornment?

What are your concerns about using NFS?  NFS can be made somewhat safe
with appropriate firewalls.  Depends on how your network is used though.

A more complex, but definitely more secure, system is AFS (see 
http://www.openafs.org/ ).  It relies on kerberos for security, instead 
trusting the client by IP and UID, as NFS does.

Also, samba (the Windows-style SMB system) can be made reasonably secure.
Plenty of real-world environments use AFS (universities are the big
example) and Samba (thousands of companies).

--Jeremy