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Subject: Re: [PATCH] AFS filesystem for Linux (2/2) 
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>>>>> " " == David Howells <dhowells@cambridge.redhat.com> writes:

    >> NFSv4 does indeed require the full kerberos encryption stuff in
    >> the kernel. The RFC specifies that krb5 support is a minimum
    >> requirement, and we will expect to have that in 2.6 (or 3.0 or
    >> whatever it's called these days...)

     > Might this be something I can make use of for my AFS filesystem
     > too?

Possibly. Our intention is to integrate the RPCSEC_GSS security
protocol (see RFC2203) into the sunrpc code, then use krb5 as one of
the authentication flavours.

Whereas I doubt that AFS uses RPCSEC_GSS, I believe that the kerberos
code itself (+ upcall mechanism for getting user tokens etc.) could be
reused by you. I presume that you would make use of the sunrpc code
too?

Cheers,
  Trond
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