[SOLVED] NFS security - Linux Forums

10-05-2009	#1 (permalink)
ursusca Linux Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 103	[SOLVED] NFS security Hello, I am interested in any documentation, links etc about NFS security also any tools, examples of commands to test vulnerability of my NFS server. I would appreciate if you could clarify this...

10-06-2009	#2 (permalink)
Legolasthehansy Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 19	NFShowto is an excellent resource... You can also check iowait to test NFS performance.. I'm not sure if NFS is secure enough if you are using outside the network (public).. you should be able to get the information from the NFShowto itself about the info..

10-06-2009

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Originally Posted by Legolasthehansy

I'm not sure if NFS is secure enough if you are using outside the network (public).

NFS is a nightmare as far as security is concerned. It is just not designed with peers you cannot trust (aka the Internet) in mind.
It is fine as long as every connected machine is under your control, though.

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10-10-2009	#4 (permalink)
Freston Linux Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 832	Over the internet you're better off using SSHFS. And for internal networks, keep in mind that NFS uses UID's to permit/deny access to files and directories. Basically this means that you should use the same UID for each user on each of the connected machines. __________________ Can't tell an OS by it's GUI

10-11-2009	#5 (permalink)
ursusca Linux Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 103	I learned something new, thanks. I found this link useful.

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