RFC 7204 · INFORMATIONAL · 2014

Requirements for Labeled NFS

Overview

RFC 7204, “Requirements for Labeled NFS”, is an Informational document published in April 2014 by T. Haynes. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo outlines high-level requirements for the integration of flexible Mandatory Access Control (MAC) functionality into the Network File System (NFS) version 4.2 (NFSv4.2). It describes the level of protections that should be provided over protocol components and the basic structure of the proposed system. The intent here is not to present the protocol changes but to describe the environment in which they reside.

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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