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Date:      Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:22:58 +0200 (IST)
From:      Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com>
To:        Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru>
Cc:        <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Encrypted networked filesystem needed
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0101122013350.25136-100000@jamus.xpert.com>
In-Reply-To: <00aa01c07cbd$71209dc0$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru>

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On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Artem Koutchine wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I need a networked filesystem which tranfers files  from
> host to host in encrypted manner or can be tunnelled
> over SSL (say, using stunnel).
>
> NFS cannot be tunneled even when run in TCP mode because
> of rpc stuff
>
> I also heard of and have read about AFS and CODA, but it seems
> like they do not support encryption, but maybe they could be tunneled.
>
> Samba CAN be tunnelled but, IMHO, Samba plain
> sux and we use it only for windows boxes which need to access unix
> files.
>
> So, is there a file system which support encryption and can AFS or CODA
> be tunneled? Can AFS and CODA even substitute NFS (in terms of
> functionality and convinices)?

If IPSec is supported on both sides, it is the best available solution.
You'll get a completely transparent encryption and a powerful NFSv3
server/client. Did I mention that FreeBSD rocks?
This way all network services will be secured and since the most of IPSec
(AH/ESP) is done in the kernel mode, it'll be quite fast even on
moderate hardware.

--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]



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