Re: Problems mounting via UDP from a netapp with multiple interfaces

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On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Trond Myklebust
<trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No. You are not supposed to be able to work around security issues,
> and it is indeed a security issue when a client gets a reply from an
> IP address that it does not recognise as being the same as the one it
> sent an RPC to.

"Working around" security issues is a rather common and accepted
practice when there are mitigating controls in place.  It's never a
black and white world.

> NetApp is aware of this bug, and has had burts open for it for at
> least a decade now. Have you tried contacting them for a fix?

My team is entirely involved in the client side.  I'll see what
options the team responsible for the filer have there.

-- 
Greg
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