The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Multiple NFSv4 Domain Namespace Deployment Requirements' (draft-ietf-nfsv4-multi-domain-fs-reqs-11.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Network File System Version 4 Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Mirja Kühlewind and Spencer Dawkins. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-nfsv4-multi-domain-fs-reqs/ Technical Summary This document discusses issues relevant to the deployment of the NFSv4 protocols in situations allowing for the construction of an NFSv4 file namespace supporting the use of multiple NFSv4 domains and utilizing multi-domain capable file systems. Also described are constraints on name resolution and security services appropriate to the administration of such a system. Such a namespace is a suitable way to enable a Federated File System supporting the use of multiple NFSv4 domains. Working Group Summary The working group has been supportive of this work with little contention over the approach represented within. This work is a result of direct experience of the authors (and more broadly in the WG) of managing multi-domain environments with the result of what solutions are needed and what is workable. Document Quality The construction of this document has taken time and the overall content and quality are very high. There were good comments and updates made during the last call process and it is very ready for for review by the IESG. Personnel Document Shepherd: Spencer Shepler Area Director: Spencer Dawkins RFC Editor Note In Section 6.1 OLD The definition of an NFSv4 Domain name, the @domain portion of the name@domain syntax, needs clarification to work in a multi-domain file system name space. Section 5.9 [RFC5661] loosely defines the NFSv4 Domain name as a DNS domain name. This loose definition for the NFSv4 Domain name is a good one, as DNS domain names are globally unique. As noted above in Section 6.1, any choice of NFSv4 Domain name can work within a stand-alone NFSv4 Domain deployment whereas the NFSv4 Domain name is required to be unique across a multi-domain deployment. NEW The definition of an NFSv4 Domain name, the @domain portion of the name@domain syntax, needs clarification to work in a multi-domain file system name space. [RFC5661] Section 5.9 loosely defines the NFSv4 Domain name as a DNS domain name. This loose definition for the NFSv4 Domain name is a good one, as DNS domain names are globally unique. As noted above in Section 6.1, any choice of NFSv4 Domain name can work within a stand-alone NFSv4 Domain deployment whereas the NFSv4 Domain name is required to be unique across a multi-domain deployment.
