[OpenAFS] Speed difference between OpenAFS 1.4.x on Debian and CentOS

Lars Schimmer l.schimmer@cgv.tugraz.at
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:12:26 +0200


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Micha=C5=82 Dro=C5=BAdziewicz wrote:
> Jeffrey Altman pisze:
>>> Is AFS_CRYPT really that needed that debian is turning this _ON_ by
>>> default?
>>
>> One of the benefits that AFS provides over other file systems
>> is privacy.  For that you need crypt to be on.
>>
>> The Windows client defaults to use of encrypted sessions as well.
> Ok, but if I'll turn it of, files on the server still will be
> "encrypted" (scattered on the /vicep* partitions) and can't be accessed
> without proper login? Only files trensferred from the server to the
> client will be possible to read?

The files on fileserver are NOT encrypted, just scattered. There are
some python scripts around which put the data together.
Short form: access to server =3D access to data without any pwd.
AFAIK.

MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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