From: marius aamodt eriksen Subject: Re: Re: Will NFSv4 be accepted? Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 02:23:32 -0400 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20020815062332.GB9122@umich.edu> References: <200208142234.g7EMYvQ21700@tooting-fe.eng> Reply-To: marius@citi.umich.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Trond Myklebust , dax@gurulabs.com, torvalds@transmeta.com, kmsmith@umich.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from citi.umich.edu ([141.211.92.141]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17fE2g-0000en-00 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:23:34 -0700 To: Brian Pawlowski In-Reply-To: <200208142234.g7EMYvQ21700@tooting-fe.eng> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: * Brian Pawlowski [020814 18:36]: > > RPCSEC_GSS is not an argument for NFSv4... > > yes. > > But ACL support over the wire is an argument for V4 - and fine grained > authorization coupled to strong authentication makes for a flexible > security package. and let's not forget such things as getting rid of the representation of users as UIDs over the wire, as well as delegations (i.e. better caching == better performance), named (extended) attributes support, soon-to-come interoperability with a vast array of operating systems, etc. etc. marius. -- > marius@umich.edu > http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/marius ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs