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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD mount Netbeui volumes?
Date: 11 May 1996 11:49:15 GMT
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Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote:

> Linux supports mounting remote shares as a file system as well
> -- with system level security, which is a big, big security
> hole. FreeBSD doesn't , not because it isn't possible, but
> because of the security considerations.

To be fair: And because nobody got round to implement it.

However, the security considerations are to be taken serious.  I could
however think of a model where an SMB file system can be used to
access all the services marked `public'.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)