Andrew File System

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

There is also an FAQ for Linux-AFS, a port of AFS to Linux:
	http://www.umlug.umd.edu/linuxafs/linuxafs.html

This was a port of AFS 3.3a to Linux 1.2 and 2.0.  Transarc
(the makers of AFS) have also released a port of AFS 3.5 to
Linux 2.2.  Neither of these ports include server support,
only client support.  Also, you must already be an AFS licensee
to use it.  Unfortunately AFS is only distributed in binary
form.

There is also a project called ARLA, out of KTH.SE, which is
a public-domain AFS replacement.  I believe that this, too,
is only a client.  However, the sources to ARLA are available.

AFS is really only useful if you already are running AFS,
or you plan to run AFS.  Another alternative is CODA (see
www.coda.cs.cmu.edu), which is based on AFS version 2.  It
also provides security and encryption of network filesets
(although it doesn't use Kerberos directly, it has it's own
security methods which can be tied into a Kerberos system).

I hope this helps.

-derek

Sheldon Dubrowin <dubrowin at bbn.com> writes:

> 
> Howdy All,
> 	I have been to a couple conferences and a couple people have
> mentioned AFS (Andrew File System).  I have tried to do some searches to
> learn more about AFS, but I had a hard time finding the information I was
> looking for.  I just did one more search (this one on Google) and did find a
> great page on AFS.  AFS is considered more secure because, it appears, it
> works only with kerberos.  Both the client and server authenticate to each
> other.  No trusts.  I figured I would mention it here since the meeting I
> missed was about security and this is something I've been kinda thinking
> about for a while.  The great AFS page I found was:
> http://www.alw.nih.gov/WWW/AFS-resources.html
> The FAQ was tremendous and actually answered some of my questions.  I hope
> this helps you, if you are interested in security.
> 
> 	Shel
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