[TriLUG] Network file system.

[Mike Johnson]

Jeremy Portzer [jeremyp at pobox.com] wrote:
 
> 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).

I've been planning on implementing AFS at home (I'm a masochist).
However, I've not done much research into samba security.  When you say
'reasonably secure', can you elaborate?  Or give URLs?

Mike
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