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Subject: Re: NFS behind the firewall
From: crooke @ octrf . on . ca
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 95 14:01:05 EST
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com

Hi.

I have a question regarding NFS. I know the general rule is to choose 
either security _or_ NFS. But if your site has a firewall (say based on TIS 
fwtk) installed and properly configured, does having NFS filesystems 
floating around on the internal network still pose a security risk? We want 
to use a source code control system that uses NFS to do it's work between 
platforms (i.e. PC's on a Novell network and one or more unix boxes for 
developing client-server applications) but from lurking on this list, I 
have come to the belief that NFS and security mix like oil and water. Could 
someone clue me in?

Please Email me direct because I am only on the digest list and it seems to 
be a little unreliable. Thanks in advance.

Cameron Rooke
Unix Systems Administrator
The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation 
crooke @
 octrf .
 on .
 ca


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