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 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
