Re: SSH / X11 auth: needless complexity -> security problems?

[Casper Dik]

>The problem isn't the authentication, it's the granularity of the
>authorization that the filesystem affords.  NFS leaves authorization
>up to the client host (aka ``No File Security'').


NFS provides most any level of security you desire; not many vendors
implement NFS security, though.  NFSv4 requires the implementation
of GSS_API (i.e., Kerberos V based) security in NFS.

Don't complain that NFS is insecure if it's just because you don't
want to invest the time to configure it properly.

Casper