92disanto@gsb-yen.stanford.edu (05/29/91)
I would like to know about security problems using NFS on a PC. I'm building an application that needs to download and upload user files on a UNIX host to and from a personal computer. At first I thought that I could rely on NFS to do this for me, but I am finding out that site administrators seem to think that NFS has too many security problems to allow its use from a PC. Can someone summarize what these problems are? As I (somewhat) understand it, the standard NFS protocol allows an entire volume to be mounted, and it has no way to enforce user-level restrictions on access to files on that volume. Is this correct? Is there a way to build an application so that it could use NFS in a secure fashion without exposing an installation to security risks? Send response (or copy of) to "simpsons@leland.stanford.edu". Thanks. Jim.