Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:33:53 +0000 From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de>, "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: TLS certificates for NFS-over-TLS floating client Message-ID: <QB1PR01MB3649E57A8E2A65BF02288D26DDF20@QB1PR01MB3649.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> In-Reply-To: <33810a31-50f0-94ee-444a-51cf85a7b6fe@rlwinm.de> References: <YTBPR01MB3374EFF14948CB8FEA1B5CCDDDE50@YTBPR01MB3374.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> <20200319191605.GJ4213@funkthat.com> <YTBPR01MB337407CFCBE26DBAB1BC985ADDF40@YTBPR01MB3374.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> <d4d68f01-6c1e-7c2e-4238-7cc40669c893@pinyon.org>, <33810a31-50f0-94ee-444a-51cf85a7b6fe@rlwinm.de>
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Jan Bramkamp wrote: >On 20.03.20 02:44, Russell L. Carter wrote: >> Here I commit heresy, by A) top posting, and B) by just saying, why >> not make it easy, first, to tunnel NFSv4 sessions through >> e.g. net/wireguard or sysutils/spiped? NFS is point to point. >> Security infrastructure that actually works understands the shared >> secret model. > >Why not use IPsec in transport mode instead of a tunnel? It avoids >unnecessary overhead and is already implemented in the kernel. It should >be enough to "just" require IPsec for TCP port 2049 and run a suitable >key exchange daemon. I think the problem with these suggestions is interoperability. The draft (that should soon become an RFC) describes use of RPC-over-TLS and since the authors are both Linux NFS developers, I expect Linux to implement this someday. Once the Linux client can do it, the NFS server vendors will implement it. NFS isn't great, but it is supported by a variety of vendors/systems and I see that as one of its main features. rick _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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