Daniel Pearson wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002, Eran Tromer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > the following: >>Not a pretty situation, for something as basic as a network filesystem >>in which you don't have to totally trust all client boxes! >>And let's admit it, WinNT shows that better solutions are possible. >>I wonder why the Unix community is so cavalier about the matter. > > You might want to look into the SFS project, http://www.fs.net/.; > It looks rather promising.
Indeed it does, but take a look at entry 9 of the FAQ [1] or at the download page [2] -- they explicitly say "SFS should still be considered pre-alpha". Also, it has only been tested on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, OSF/1, Solaris and Linux [3], though the pure usermode design should make it easy to port. Entry 10 in the FAQ [1] is also an annoying (though minor) issue, whose existence examplifies the immaturity of SFS. Also, there are some disturbing security issues [4], especially due to the reliance on NFS3 which is used here as a pluggable filesystem API (how odd!). None the less, I think they have a very interesting design which may be quite attractive when it matures. [1]http://www.fs.net/sfs/new-york.lcs.mit.edu:85xq6pznt4mgfvj4mb23x6b8adak55ue/pub/sfswww/sfsfaq.html [2]http://www.fs.net/sfs/new-york.lcs.mit.edu:85xq6pznt4mgfvj4mb23x6b8adak55ue/pub/sfswww/dist.html [3]http://www.fs.net/sfs/new-york.lcs.mit.edu:85xq6pznt4mgfvj4mb23x6b8adak55ue/pub/sfswww/sfs.html#Installation [4]http://www.fs.net/sfs/new-york.lcs.mit.edu:85xq6pznt4mgfvj4mb23x6b8adak55ue/pub/sfswww/sfs.html#Security Regards, Eran Tromer ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
