NFS Security: a summary
Chris Torek
chris at mimsy.UUCP
Fri Sep 9 11:29:11 AEST 1988
In article <43200038 at uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> kai at uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
>I haven't seen anyone mention ANY security problems involving NFS that don't
>require you already have the keys to the kingdom. [root access somewhere]
If you have a workstation on your desk, you have root access to that
workstation. It may take a while to break in, but if I have physical
access to your machines, I have root access to your machines. It is
as simple as that (which may not be simple!).
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