nfs safe for the internet?

synthead · 2009-02-12 22:50:04

If I open ports at my home server to remotely mount some folders at a friend's house over the internet, am I diving into a lot of security risks? What is the proper way to set this up so only I can access this share? Or what's a better way to do this?

tom5760 · 2009-02-12 23:04:48

I'm pretty sure that this is a bad idea. NFS isn't really know for its security I think.

I'd use an SSH server with sshfs.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sshfs

tomk · 2009-02-13 00:14:50

sshfs is good, as suggested. If you really want nfs, you can secure it with ssh - google for the details. Better still, run it inside a vpn.

arew264 · 2009-02-13 05:23:13

Heh, my solution to this sort of problem was to create a Hamachi network with a very secure password and run SSH over that...

zenlord · 2009-02-13 08:40:38

It's your lucky day:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/col … curing_nfs

That's the way it runs at my office.

Zl.

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