Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:49:12 +0000 (GMT) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Secure user authentication for NFS using RPCSEC_GSS [0/6] |
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On 12 Jan 2003, Dax Kelson wrote:
> Standard NFS security/authentication sucks rocks. Without this NFS home > directory servers are just waiting to be ransacked by a rouge (or > compromised) root user on a client machine.
AIUI, A root user still can. The users krbv5 credentials will generally have been cached to storage. (though i suppose one could mount that storage via NFS and use root_squash, but that's little protection.).
> NFSv4 w/RPSEC_GSS is finally a native UNIX filesharing solution that > I don't have to be ashamed of when hanging with admins of those > "other OSes".
Unless NFSv4 has dealt with the problem above, it isnt much protection from rogue root users.
> Dax
regards, -- Paul Jakma Sys Admin Alphyra paulj@alphyra.ie Warning: /never/ send email to spam@dishone.st or trap@dishone.st
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