From: dumas@centre-cired.fr (Patrice DUMAS - DOCT)
Subject: Re: 2 feature requests for lockd
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Hi,

> I disagree totally. They are merely workarounds in order to try to
> shoehorn NFS into a model for tunnelling that doesn't fit the bill...

Indeed.

> Tunnelling should be done by setting up a proper virtual
> point-to-point interface. That would do the job without needing any of
> these hacks.

I agree again, but the point in tunneling rpc based services through
ssh like with sec_rpc, is that it is quite easy to set up, almost off the box. 
Maybe there exists point-to-point solutions as easy to set up but I don't 
know them.

Pat

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