RFC 2755 (rfc2755) - Page 1 of 12


Security Negotiation for WebNFS



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Network Working Group                                             A. Chiu
Request for Comments: 2755                                      M. Eisler
Category: Informational                                      B. Callaghan
                                                         Sun Microsystems
                                                             January 2000


                    Security Negotiation for WebNFS

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes a protocol for a WebNFS client [RFC 2054] to
   negotiate the desired security mechanism with a WebNFS server
   [RFC 2055] before the WebNFS client falls back to the MOUNT v3
   protocol [RFC 1813].  This document is provided so that people can
   write compatible implementations.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ..............................................  2
   2. Security Negotiation Multi-component LOOKUP ...............  3
   3  Overloaded Filehandle .....................................  4
   3.1  Overloaded NFS Version 2 Filehandle .....................  5
   3.2  Overloaded NFS Version 3 Filehandle .....................  6
   4. WebNFS Security Negotiation ...............................  6
   5. Security Considerations ................................... 10
   6. References ................................................ 10
   7. Acknowledgements .......................................... 10
   8. Authors' Addresses ........................................ 11
   9. Full Copyright Statement .................................. 12











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