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-.TH nfssec 5 "16 Mar 2009" "SunOS 5.11" "Standards, Environments, and Macros"
+.TH NFSSEC 5 "Mar 16, 2009"
.SH NAME
nfssec \- overview of NFS security modes
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -44,12 +44,10 @@ and protecting the shared filesystems. Before these can be used, the system
must be configured to be part of a Kerberos realm. See \fBkerberos\fR(5).
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBsys\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
Use \fBAUTH_SYS\fR authentication. The user's UNIX user-id and group-ids are
passed in the clear on the network, unauthenticated by the \fBNFS\fR server.
This is the simplest security method and requires no additional administration.
@@ -59,48 +57,40 @@ It is the default used by Solaris \fBNFS\fR Version 2 clients and Solaris
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBdh\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
Use a Diffie-Hellman public key system (\fBAUTH_DES\fR, which is referred to as
\fBAUTH_DH\fR in the forthcoming Internet \fBRFC).\fR
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBkrb5\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
Use Kerberos V5 protocol to authenticate users before granting access to the
shared filesystem.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBkrb5i\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
Use Kerberos V5 authentication with integrity checking (checksums) to verify
that the data has not been tampered with.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBkrb5p\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
User Kerberos V5 authentication, integrity checksums, and privacy protection
(encryption) on the shared filesystem. This provides the most secure filesystem
sharing, as all traffic is encrypted. It should be noted that performance might
@@ -110,12 +100,10 @@ intensity of the encryption algorithm and the amount of data being transferred.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBnone\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-.rt
Use null authentication (\fBAUTH_NONE\fR). \fBNFS\fR clients using
\fBAUTH_NONE\fR have no identity and are mapped to the anonymous user
\fBnobody\fR by \fBNFS\fR servers. A client using a security mode other than
@@ -129,12 +117,10 @@ anonymous user. The \fBNFS\fR security mode \fBnone\fR is supported by
.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fB/etc/nfssec.conf\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
-.rt
\fBNFS\fR security service configuration file
.RE