Is there a NFS alternative?

Arthur Pemberton pemboa at gmail.com
Wed Feb 7 20:52:01 UTC 2007


On 2/7/07, Daniel Yek <dyek at real.com> wrote:
> At 12:44 PM 2/7/2007, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> >On 2/7/07, Daniel Yek <dyek at real.com> wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>It was a while ago when I read that NFS was difficult to secure with (the
> >>use of) ssh and iptables (or something like that).
> >>
> >>I really needed an alternative that works and can be made secure. Is GFS a
> >>suitable replacement for NFS? If not, what is the closest thing to NFS?
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >
> >Subdue NFS to use only one port, firewall all other ports
> >off....possible filter the NFS port too?
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> That is what I read and I was looking for an alternative to that. Is there
> other solution? Or this is the best available solution already?

Well, if you can suggest how the solution could be made better, I or
others can maybe suggest how to implement it.

The only other thing i can thing of is have port mapper interface with
iptables in a plug and play type firewall way (or however Windows
refers to it)

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