[olug] NFS Replacement: SFS

[Jeff Hinrichs]

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From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Jon H. Larsen
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:24 AM
To: olug at olug.org
Subject: [olug] NFS Replacement: SFS



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SFS
Introduction

SFS is a network file system that lets you access your files from
anywhere and share them with anyone anywhere. SFS was designed with
three goals in
mind:

    * Security. SFS assumes that malicious parties entirely control the
network. It ensures that control of the network only lets them delay the
file system's operation or conceal the existence of servers until
reliable network communication is reestablished.
    * A global namespace. SFS mounts all remote file systems under the
directory /sfs. The contents of that directory is identical on every
client in the world. Clients have no notion of administrative realm and
no site-specific configuration options. Servers grant access to users,
not to clients. Thus, users can access their files wherever they go,
from any machine they trust that runs the SFS client software.
    * Decentralized control. SFS does not rely on any privileged
authority to manage the global namespace. Anyone with a machine on the
Internet can set up an SFS file server without needing to obtain any
kind of certificates. New servers are instantly accessible from all
clients in the world. 


While it might seem paranoid to run such an item on the home network, it
does give me the advantage of extending the sfs share to a remote
machine, such as a laptop roaming.

Thought everyone might find it interesting.
Jon L.

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I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences with SFS.

-Jeff