Re: NFS behind a firewall ?

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Mike Lewis wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking of setting up NFS on my network.  I've read various pieces of
> documentation about NFS.  I've seen the explanation of the acronym NFS=No
> F.... Security, etc.  However, I still have a question in my mind about it
> that I've not seen addressed.
> 
> If NFS is setup behind a firewall that you trust AND you trust the users on
> the network (basically yourself) then how secure is NFS ?  Can someone
> enlighten me ?
> 
> Any pointers to web resources other than the standard HOW-TOs are
> appreciated.

I run it on my entire network... 11 hosts on the intranet, one of which
is a router/firewall/mailhost. Works fine... no security issues because
I do not run it on the firewall host. Everybody behind the firewall is
trusted...

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