Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 14:33:22 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS and Backups Message-ID: <40E6FBF2.1060201@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <00ba01c460fe$d9cae910$6601a8c0@grant> References: <00ba01c460fe$d9cae910$6601a8c0@grant>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Grant Peel wrote: > I have recently decided to use some extra disk space on one of my servers as > backup space. I have NFS client and Servers running OK, but was wondering how > secure it really is. NFS is not secure at all. If you don't trust the local subnet, don't use NFS there. Certainly don't use NFS across the Internet, unless using a secure tunnelling/VPN protocol.... > 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? NFS doesn't authenticate the host. NFS trusts the resolver when reversing the IP addr into a hostname. -- -Chuck
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?40E6FBF2.1060201>