| Jeff Abrahamson on 18 Jun 2007 21:25:27 -0000 |
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 04:58:48PM -0400, Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
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> It is an overwhelmingly bad idea to use NFS nowadays. The protocol
> is so inherently insecure that using it is tantamount to leaving
> your screen door unlocked in Mogadishu. If you want to copy the odd
> file between machines, it's a much better idea to use shfs (kernel
> module) or sshfs (FUSE), which let you mount a remote directory via
> SSH. Otherwise, the only reasonable ways to run NFS are by running
> it over IPSEC or by tunnelling it through SSH. Using shfs/sshfs is
> far easier and just as secure.
SFS is also a good option.
http://www.fs.net/sfswww/
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Jeff
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