Re: [U] Re: Samba vs NFS

From: Santiago Ciciliani (santiago.ciciliani_at_elserver.com)
Date: 02/22/05

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    To: <focus-linux@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:14:43 -0300

    There is a way to use NFS over Windows.
    Microsoft released the SFU pack (services for Unix) freely (!).
    You can find there a NFS client and server.

    If you are in a LAN you better use a W2k/XP/2k+3 server using Kerberos V.5
    to be sure that nobody (until now) can retrieve the passwords using hash
    tables on a rainbow crack.
    If your server must be a Linux then use SAMBA its safer to configure.

    Regards,

    Santiago, from Argentina

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "alux" <alex.baeres@chello.at>
    To: <focus-linux@securityfocus.com>
    Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:33 PM
    Subject: [U] Re: Samba vs NFS

    >
    > HI,
    >
    > neither the one nore the other is statet as "secure", but in case u want
    to
    > share with windows you have to use samba!!!
    >
    > from my point of few: you have to install one service thats insecure, why
    > install a second one?
    > installing nfs would give u more perfomance for unix-clients but adds
    > securityholes and u have 2 keep more software uptodate!
    >
    > instead of nfs qhy not try afs? should be more secure...
    >
    > sorry for my bad english,
    > best regards
    >
    > Am Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2005 23:42 schrieb Jennifer Fountain:
    > > Hi all:
    > > My company is looking at samba or NFS to allow our clients to access
    > > shares from their Windows workstations and their linux ssh sessions.
    > > From a security standpoint, which option is "more" secure? Which option
    > > is more vulnerable than the other? Etc, etc ,etc. I appeciate any
    > > security information about NFS or samba that you may have.
    > >
    > >
    > > Kind Regards,
    > >
    > > Jennifer Fountain
    > > Systems Administrator
    > > R&B Distribution
    > > 3400 E Walnut Street
    > > Colmar, PA 18915
    >

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