On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 at 02:22:47AM +0100, Anthony wrote:
> At home I've a fileserver PC and Ubuntu clients including one that's
> ended up needing to be left on 24/7. I'm thinking of moving the
> server's 2 disks to the always-on desktop box to save electricity. All
> PCs are on a wifi ADSL router using Cat5 and WPA, and we've an
> (untrusted) lodger. Backups are nightly between encrypted server disks,
> and approx weekly an incremental to an unencrypted USB drive which is
> locked away. [*]
>
> Have I thought of all the pros and cons, and how should I secure this
> arrangement (especially NFS)?
If you use NFSv4 not the familiar NFSv3 you can get better
perormance and real security. I've got NFSv4 and Kerberos to work
okay on my boxes but never had a luck in getting NFS and Kerberos
5 to play ball.
--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK
With ... the fact that Linux has become so easy to install that
certain species of bacteria are now being hired by MIS departments,
what was once the domain of rigorously trained, highly specialised
professionals has devolved into the Dark Land of the Monkeys.
-- Greg Knauss
