> If someone hacks into my system by exploiting some vulnerability in
> the operating system, I don't want to see Transarc's software giving
> him a bonus of access to all other machines in the cell.
Well, you could say AFS treats all your fileserver as if they were just
ONE machine. Anyway, if you run multiple fileservers on the same type
of operating system I'd bet they share they same vulnerabilities.
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