The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'NFS version 4' <draft-ietf-nfsv4-07.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the Network File System Version 4 Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Scott Bradner and Allison Mankin. Technical Summary The NFS version 4 protocol is a further revision of the NFS protocol defined already by versions 2 (RFC1094) and 3 (RFC1813). It retains the essential characteristics of previous versions: design for easy recovery, independent of transport protocols, operating systems and filesystems, simplicity, and good performance. The NFS version 4 revision has the following goals: o Improved access and good performance on the Internet. o Strong security with negotiation built into the protocol. o Good cross-platform interoperability. o Designed for protocol extensions. As documented in RFC 2339, Sun Microsystems entered into an agreement with the ISOC to have further development of NFS by the IETF. This document fulfills this agreement. Working Group Summary The working group strongly supports the publication of this specification. Protocol Quality This document was reviewed for the IESG by Vern Paxson and Allison Mankin
