Re: Secure NFS

[Gene Yoo <gyoo () attbi com>]

Peet Grobler wrote:
> I've been wondering about this for a while now...
>
> Everybody knows NFS is insecure. Right. So no-one uses it. Why not simply modify NFS to use encryption? Why not?
>
> Not tunneling, modify the source to either (a) establish ssl connections, or (b) manually encrypt all traffic (I would 
> prefer this
> one).
>
> I'd say, for added security, don't use any public-key exchange. Have a configuration file in which you can specify, 
> say, 6 keys,
> which will dynamically be changed on-the-fly.
>
> If you're interested in such a solution (any one of the above), let me know. I could probably hack it together this 
> weekend, and
> provide you with a patch. I have been meaning to do this, for the experience. I know how to do it, just never did it, 
> since no-one
> would use it :)
>
> Lemme Know,
> Peet
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slaanesh () netcourrier com [mailto:slaanesh () netcourrier com]
> Sent: 20 February 2003 07:17
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Secure NFS
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to set up a secure NFS in my network. However, I really would like not to have to install portmap deamon 
> on my server
> as I don't trust it anymore. Moreover, I would like all the network trafic to be encrypted.
> I naturally turn myself to SFS server and clients but it doesn't fit my needs. I want a secure exportable file system 
> that I could
> add to my /etc/fstab file so it could be mounted at boot time (to store users' home directory for instance).
> I know there is a way for tunnelling NFS with SSH but it seems too experimental for production...
>
> So what should I do to resolve this problem ?
>
> Slaanesh

<snip>
you should look into SFS (self-certifying file system) -> fs.org.  this 
topic has been out for some time and i believe you could search this 
through sage or usenix dot org.


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