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Date:      Mon, 7 May 2012 20:35:25 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us>
To:        Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NFSv4 Questions
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.2.01.1205072034320.1678@freddy.simplesystems.org>
In-Reply-To: <1357768784.50127.1336434018113.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca>
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On Mon, 7 May 2012, Rick Macklem wrote:
>>
> It is my understanding that NFSv4 servers are not supposed to require
> a "reserved" port#. However, at a quick glance, I can't find that stated
> in RFC 3530. (It may be implied by the fact that NFSv4 uses a "user" based
> security model and not a "host" based one.)
>
> As such, the client should never need to "waste" a reserved port# on a NFSv4
> connection.

Firewalls might use the reserved port as part of a filtering 
algorithm.

Bob
-- 
Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/



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