[ale] Mandrake upgrade via nfs

[Jerald Sheets]

Seeing that you can kickstart upgrade from an http, ftp, NFS, samba, or
local hard drive location, it seems to me that NFS is the lesser of the
choices.

--Jerald 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On 
> Behalf Of tfreeman at intel.digichem.net
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 3:06 PM
> To: bob at verysecurelinux.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Mandrake upgrade via nfs
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Bob Toxen wrote:
> 
> > NFS has SERIOUS security problems.  At the very least add 
> an IP Chains/Tables
> <<big snip>>
> 
> I'm curious now. I'll buy into the serious security problems with NFS 
> idea, but is there a useable replacement, at least for a 
> stable network of 
> desktop machines in a somewhat secured environment? 
> Preferably a system 
> strong in Unix background, and nearly NFS simple to set up.
> 
> Pointers to a decent web discussion would be wonderful.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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