NFS and Kerberos?

From: Joaquin Menchaca (linuxuser_at_finnovative.net)
Date: 02/20/05

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    Hi,

    With NFS for FreeBSD, does it support Kerberos or other alternative
    forms of authentication? NFS seems rather insecure. I mean all you need
    is a simple UID, and viola full access priv.

      - joaquin
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