Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 14:52:53 -0400 From: Bruce Hunter <freebsd@solisix.com> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS and Backups Message-ID: <1088880772.32068.9.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> In-Reply-To: <20040703142005.GA77430@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <00ba01c460fe$d9cae910$6601a8c0@grant> <20040703142005.GA77430@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 10:20, Erik Trulsson wrote: > 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. > > What should you use instead of NFS? I like the fact that I can open up a window and throw some files to my server. Maybe, something can be accessed through a firewall? Bruce
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