Hi, It's for sharing btw Linux / OpenBSD. Last one is server. Probably other than Linux client one day. However for Windowd there are ways to install NFS client. I'm not speaking about network bandwith limitations but about the efficiency of the protocol which sometimes might be preventing from going fast on fast networks. About security this is an internal network for the moment but it might also be accessible from the net later on.
Thanks for your advises ... J-F Le vendredi 13 fC)vrier 2009 C 11:59 -0800, johan beisser a C)crit : > On Feb 13, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Jean-FranC'ois wrote: > > I am mounting network drives. Would you recommand the use of NFS or > > SAMBA for home use ? > > What would you be serving to? PC Boxen? MacOS X? Linux? Another > OpenBSD box? > > Both protocols are appropriate for similar - but not entirely the same > - setups. > > > For both performance and security, please advise your recommandations. > > NFS is horribly insecure. By default it's just bad with little to no > authentication for the user outside of standard UNIX permissions. It's > fairly fast though, limited more by the capability of your network > than by the protocol itself. > > Samba, while somewhat more secure than NFS, is very slow. While I > don't like it, I do use it very heavily since it's supported by all > OSs and all systems I have to interact with on the IT side of things.
