Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:04:35 -0600 From: "SF" <lists@stevenfettig.com> To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: NFS (security), backup procedures Message-ID: <LOBBKFILCMGGNDCBBCELEEBDDMAA.lists@stevenfettig.com>
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I currently have 3 FreeBSD systems set up to perform a number of jobs (email server, web server, dns services and a third which is somewhat experimental). I am at the point in time, however, where I need to start thinking about a backup system. (Although I could simply ghost the systems, because of not wanting to bring the servers down anymore.) I would like to install a tape drive in one of the systems and simply backup over the network. The question I have, however, relates to the security of using NFS for transferring files over an open network. These machines are not behind a firewall and I don't want to run services that would be pretty vulnerable to hacking attempts. (I am reading Greg Lehey's book - "The Complete FreeBSD" - but he really doesn't get into as much detail as I need to thoroughly research this.) What would the caveats of using NFS to do backups be and is there some way to do NFS ussing ssh/ssh2? (Can you give me pointers as to where to find the information I need?) Also, offhand, is there a reason why I should consider DAT DDS3 over DDS2? Thanks, SF To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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