Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 16:20:05 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS and Backups Message-ID: <20040703142005.GA77430@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <00ba01c460fe$d9cae910$6601a8c0@grant> References: <00ba01c460fe$d9cae910$6601a8c0@grant>
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On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 09:08:35AM -0400, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > Happy belated Canada day to all my Cunuk bros :-) and an early happy 4th of > July all as well! > > I have recently decided to use some extra disk space on one of my servers as > backup space. I have NF client and Servers running OK, but was wondering how > secure it really is. > > In the nfsd setup, we specify what clients are allowed to connect, by simply > useing the host name. > > So if in my nfsd configuration, I specify a host called 'ahab' for example, > how does the nfsd authenticate this host, and how secure is it? I am not certain, but I believe it simply checks the IP-address to see if a host is allowed to connect. As for security, NFS is well-known for *NOT* being secure. Do not use NFS over networks where you don't trust all the machines. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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