From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xprt sharing (was Re: xprt_bindresvport)
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:36:55 -0500
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to den 09.12.2004 Klokka 12:31 (+0100) skreiv Olaf Kirch:

> Shouldn't we allow NFS mounts to use non-privileged ports? Many
> environments don't really care about the "security" provided by privileged
> ports, but would be more than happy if they can run with a few hundred
> NFS mounts

Most AUTH_SYS based models still require it, however I agree that use of
strong security makes the privileged port totally redundant.

Cheers,
  Trond
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