Re: [PATCH] Secure user authentication for NFS using RPCSEC_GSS [0/6]

Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:50:20 +0100

>>>>> " " == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 09:19:51PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> OTOH why not do all this authentication and stuff in userspace?

> Please forgive me: ENOCAFFEINE. I re-read your mail...

Right. This is doing exactly what you suggested ;-).

All that is added to the kernel is the code that we need to repackage
a user context that was negotiated in userspace into the RPC header.

Cheers,
Trond
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