From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 3 19:18:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0B8B16A4CF for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 19:18:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4122943D2F for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 19:18:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17D684AC6A; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:18:03 +0200 (CEST) From: cpghost To: freebsd@solisix.com In-reply-to: <1088880772.32068.9.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> (message from Bruce Hunter on Sat, 03 Jul 2004 14:52:53 -0400) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-5.2.1-RELEASE References: <00ba01c460fe$d9cae910$6601a8c0@grant> <1088880772.32068.9.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> Message-Id: <20040703191803.17D684AC6A@fw.farid-hajji.net> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:18:03 +0200 (CEST) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS and Backups X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 19:18:47 -0000 > > 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? scp for single files, and dump over an ssh tunnel works fine and it's a secure method. ssh-agent and ssh-add are your friends. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/