[RFC] Security Enhanced NFS (SENFS) Requirements - draft 05

[James Morris]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Mike Eisler wrote:

> Interesting. This seems to have overlaps with the TNFS stuff
>   http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/OLD/tnfs-charter.html
> 
> which did produce an internet draft (draft-ietf-tnfs-spec-xx), but TNFS
> never got traction in the market, and apparently the WG folded before
> it produced an RFC.
> 
> 
> (Found an old version of the i-d at
> http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-ietf-tnfs-spec-01.txt
>  )

Indeed, some of the requirements for SENFS are based on earlier research 
(e.g. DTOS), which referenced TNFS as related work.  TNFS was considered 
too MLS-specific, whereas the Flask model used by SELinux is designed for 
for generic & flexible mandatory access control.

> > The intention is to get SENFS on the IETF standards track, so any 
> > assistance in that area would also be appreciated.
> 
> The NFSv4 WG will meet at the IETF meeting July 23.
> You should contact the WG chairs to
> see if you can get on the WG meeting's agenda. 
>   http://ietf.org/html.charters/nfsv4-charter.html

Thanks.


- James
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James Morris
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