Addison-Wesley Professional Computing

By: Brent Callaghan

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Paperback | 28 December 1999

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For programmers creating applications based on it, network engineers creating new implementations of it, and network managers, Callaghan, a software engineer at Sun Microsystems, explains the Network File System protocol, which enables remote access to files. He discusses the filesystem model, describes versions two and three procedure-by-procedure, looks at the new version four, and identifies factors that affect performance.

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(Each chapter concludes with a Summary.)
Preface
Introduction
File Access and File Transfer
Early File Access Protocols
ONC RPC
Organization of This Book
XDR—External Data Representation
Protocols and Transportable Data
A Canonical Standard
XDR Unit
Primitive XDR Data Types
Integer
Unsigned Integer
Boolean
Hyper Integer and Unsigned Hyper Integer
Fixed-Length Opaque Data
Variable-Length Opaque Data String
Structured XDR Data Types
Fixed-Length Array
Variable-Length Array
Discriminated Union
Linked Lists
XDR Language
Notational Conventions
Lexical Notes
Syntax Information
Syntax Notes
Example of an XDR Data Description
XDR Language Variant in This Book
ONC RPC
Remote Procedure Call Model
RPC Transport Independence and Semantics
Program Numbers and Versioning
Requirements of the RPC Protocol
RPC Call Message
RPC Reply Message
Record-Marking Standard
Portmapper and Rpcbind
Portmap Protocol
Rpcbind Protocol
RPC Authentication
RPC Credential and Verifier
Authentication Flavors
Null Authentication
System Authentication
Diffie-Hellman Authentication
Naming
DH Authentication Verifiers
Nicknames and Clock Synchronization
DH Authentication Protocol
DH Full Network Name Credential and Verifier
DH Nickname Credential and Verifier
Server Verifier
Diffie-Hellman Encryption
Weaknesses of DH Authentication
Kerberos Version 4 Authentication
Kerberos Naming
Kerberos-Based Authentication Protocol Specification
Kerberos Full Network Name Credential and Verifier
Kerberos Nickname Credential and Verifier
Server Verifier
Kerberos-Specific Authentication Status
Values
Weaknesses of Kerberos Authentication
RPCSEC__GSS Authentication
RPCSEC__GSS Security Protocol
RPCSEC-GSS Credential
Context Creation
Successful Creation Response
Unsuccessful Context Creation
RPC Data Exchange
Data Integrity Protection
Data Privacy
Server Processing of RPC Data Requests
Server's Reply
RPCSEC-GSS Errors
Performance of RPCSEC-GSS. Snoop Trace of Session
Connection-Based Security
NFS Filesystem Model
Filesystem and Filesystem Objects
Filehandles
Pathnames
Filename Component Handling
Pathname Evaluation
Stateless Server
Server Recovery
Idempotent Operations
Statelessness and High Availability
NFS Version 2 Common Data Types
Server Procedures
NULL—Do Nothing
GETATTR—Get File Attributes
SETATTR—Set File Attributes
LOOKUP—Look Up File Name
READLINK—Read from Symbolic Link
READ—Read from File
WRITE—Write to File
CREATE—Create File
REMOVE—Remove File
RENAME—Rename File
LINK—Create Link to File
SYMLINK—Create Symbolic Link
MKDIR—Create Directory
RMDIR—Remove Directory
READDIR—Read from Directory
STATFS—Get Filesystem Attributes
NFS Version
Changes from the NFS Version 2 Protocol
Deleted Procedures
Modified Procedures
New Procedures
Filehandle Size
Maximum Data Sizes
Error Return
File Type
File Attributes
Set File Attributes. 32-Bit Clients/Servers and 64-Bit
Clients/Servers
Basic Data Types
Sizes
Basic Data Types
Server Procedures
NULL—Do Nothing
GETATTR—Get File Attributes S
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