Thanks for the reference. Of course I'll use iptables to ensure a connection only from the remote SAN to the HTPC. I'd set up a tunnel, but that's likely to impact performance too much, especially with a 1.2GHz Atom. --- On Sat, 10/10/09, Drew <drew.kay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Drew <drew.kay@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: NAS Remote Side of a Mirror > To: "adfas asd" <chimera_god@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:21 AM > > Why do I say that? Because > they -are- bloatware, and an unnecessary fat layer in the > system, with all the potential for error and security breach > that implies. iSCSI is the way, in the 21st century. > > Actually, iSCSI is far from secure. Google "iscsi security" > and the > first link that comes up is a pdf from a recent BlackHat > convention. > Give that a good read before you claim NFS & samba are > bigger security > risks then iSCSI. > > > -- > Drew > > "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be > understood." > --Marie Curie > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html