Subject: Re: New submission: RFS
To: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
From: None <gimpl@us.ibm.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/19/1999 14:29:28
>Out of interest, does your implementation include a server or
>just a client for this protocol?

Currently its just the client.  I'm working on the server portion now.  The
thing
that's got me scratching my head is the authentication model.  RFS uses a
userid plus an encrypted password to authenticate once the connection is
established at mount time.  With the RFS server side of it, I'm bending
towards a kerberos model or a PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module).
The easiest way to go would be to use a UID/GID, but then it wouldn't be
any more secure than an NFS client.

Dave.