[ale] File systems for hetergeneous networks?

[Andrew Sledge]

A VPN link didn't do it for you? If not, why wouldn't this work? What have
you tried?

>From the needs/scenario you've outlined and to maintain some level of
security, there's going to be significant overhead for which you must
consider.

Networks that you don't control can sometimes goof 'just because they can'.

Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:54:34 -0400
> From: "Michael B. Trausch" <mike at trausch.us>
> Subject: [ale] File systems for hetergeneous networks?
> To: ale at ale.org
> Message-ID: <1308761674.3008.3.camel at redpepper>
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>
> I keep running into dead ends.  Essentially, I'm looking for solutions
> that I can use to have both Windows and UNIX clients happily working
> side-by-side without having to worry about problems.
>
> Essentially, I want to support network configurations (possibly
> distributed over a WAN, though that will be more or less transparent
> since the over-the-WAN interconnections are routed IP networks) where I
> can have the following things:
>
>  * LDAP replicated such that each network has its own copy of
>   authentication data.
>  * Kerberos such that passwords don't need to be re-entered time
>   and time again.
>  * Networked filesystems, preferably with client caching mechanisms,
>   such that things aren't slow as lead even over a WAN link.  That
>   said, reliability and things like file locking should not be
>   sacrificed.
>
> I am beginning to think that this is simply too much to ask.  Is it?
>
>        --- Mike
>
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