Spencer Shepler wrote: > > On Feb 8, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Kyle McDonald wrote: > >> Is there a good book to catch up on the changes to NFS in v3 and v4 >> (mostly v4)? I'm looking to catchup on the admin security stuff mainly, >> not lowlevel protocol details. >> >> The last time I was heavily into admining this stuff, I got vary >> familiar with (through NIS+) SecureRPC keys, keylogin, etc. for >> SecureNFS. And while I've picked up on some of the performance related >> changes with v3, I have totally missed learning aobut the new security >> features Liek how Kerberos fits in?). And I've got no clue what changes >> NFS v4 and v4.1 include. >> >> I read Hal Stern's (I think he was co-author, but the other name escapes >> me) O'Reilly NFS book back then and found it useful. O'Reilly replied to >> my questions that there was no update planned to cover NFS v4. >> >> Can anyone suggest anything similiar and more up to date? > > There is nothing that I am aware of at this point. Neither the > O'Reilly book you mention or Brent Callaghan's book have been > updated to contain NFSv4 material. > > I am curious if you are interested in the protocol details or > information more related to management and integration into existing > environments or the issues related to the deployment of NFS/Kerberos? > The latter really. The administration changes, new features, and things to be aware of when setting things up. And yes how to get NFS and Kerberos (or whatever is the suggested replacement for SecureRPC) working.
-Kyle > Spencer > >
