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Why is it so self-evident that NFS is bad?
by gchamonlive 8mo ago
Why is it so self-evident that NFS is bad?
- shakna 8mo agoSecurity is optional in NFS 4, and practically non-existent before. The standard Linux NFS client does not implement security. > The Linux NFS client does not yet support certain optional features of the NFS version 4 protocol, such as security negotiation, server referrals, and named attributes. > man 5 nfs
- gchamonlive 8mo agoThat only means that if you need these kinds of security guarantees you need to look for another solution. A bad software would be one that advertises security but in practice the implementation would be full of holes, for instance with Microsoft Active Directory: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/microsoft-will-finally-kill-obsolete-cipher-that-has-wreaked-decades-of-havoc/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/microsoft-will-fina...