Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: mullen@mpm.itd.nrl.navy.mil (Preston Mullen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: security of secure NFS Keywords: Software Message-ID: <1596@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 15 Sep 89 14:56:55 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 23 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 129, message 5 of 16 Have horrible holes or other problems been found in secure NFS? Is it robust enough to be worth the trouble? I have been testing secure NFS and "C2" mode for several months, fixing up little problems, working around inadequate documentation, finding that some patches from Sun don't work under "C2" mode, etc. I'd like to know whether this has really been worth while, since we are contemplating more widespread use of these features. I _feel_ more secure, but I'd like to know if this is illusion or reality. I'm interested in both theoretical problems and implementation bugs. Thanks. Preston Mullen Code 5534 Information Technology Division Naval Research Laboratory Washington DC 20375-5000 P.S. If there is something truly horrible that you don't want to reveal to the net, you can reply to root@itd.nrl.navy.mil instead of the From: address.