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Sun developed WebNFS [0] specifically so Java applets (remember them?) could access remote filesystems through firewalls from the browser. It's basically the sa
by mprovost 6y ago
Sun developed WebNFS [0] specifically so Java applets (remember them?) could access remote filesystems through firewalls from the browser. It's basically the same protocol as NFSv3 with some clever workarounds so that it doesn't require the separate MOUNT protocol to set up a connection (or the portmapper). That way everything runs on a single port.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebNFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebNFS