Re: [PATCH 6/6] SUNRPC: Use gssproxy upcall for server RPCGSS authentication.

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On Thu, 2013-02-21 at 16:01 -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:38:25AM -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > +NFS Server New RPC Upcall Mechanism
> > +-----------------------------------
> > +
> > +The newer upcall mechanism uses RPC over a unix socket to a daemon
> > +called gss-proxy, implemented by a userspace program called Gssproxy.
> > +
> > +The gss_proxy RPC protocol is currently documented here:
> > +
> > +	https://fedorahosted.org/gss-proxy/wiki/ProtocolDocumentation
> 
> By the way, Simo, that still says "The protocol is not stable yet and it
> is being revised while we progress prototyping client and server code."
> 
> I'm assuming that web page is just out of date--once this is in the
> kernel we're *not* making backwards-incompatible changes to the
> protocol.

The part that is used by the kernel is already marked as unchangeable in
my mind, I will try to take some time in the next few weeks to update
the page.

Simo.

-- 
Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York

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