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Hi
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 22:25 +0100, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 04:58:48PM -0400, Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
> > [10 lines, 115 words, 660 characters] Top characters: estoinra
> >
> > 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/
What about gnomevfs(nautilus) if you are using gnome desktop.
With regards
Antony
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