[OpenAFS] my afs wish list

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:53:09 -0400 (EDT)


Mitch's comment about telling Spinnaker what AFS sites might want from
their product prompts me to tell you (all) what I want from ours.

-Multiple encryption types. For real, not just jury-rigged into rxkad.
-Large file support. We actually got there, and had to back it out because
of some problems. There's hope...
-IPv6 support

And then we get to some of the more intangibles:
-Better krb5 integration. I'm not sure what I mean by this, exactly.
-Serious Linux client cleanup. kernel vnodes should be untied from the
vcache and linked instead. start using general kernel interfaces where
available or possible instead of our own stuff.
-Reworking or replacement of the volume package (the contents of src/vol)
-Reworking or replacement of the namei fileserver.

And incidentally, since I've been prodded, perhaps Mitch meant Mike Kazar,
who I forgot about.