9.5. Securing NFS

9.5. Securing NFS

9.5. Securing NFS

NFS is well suited for sharing entire file systems with a large number of known hosts in a transparent manner. However, with ease of use comes a variety of potential security problems.

The following points should be considered when exporting NFS file systems on a server or mounting them on a client. Doing so minimizes NFS security risks and better protects data on the server.

For a concise listing of steps administrators can take to secure NFS servers, refer the the chapter titled Server Security in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide.

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