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Preface
Network File System Version 4 (NFS V4) is the latest defined client-to-server
protocol for NFS. A significant upgrade of NFS V3, it was defined under the IETF
framework by many contributors. NFS V4 introduces a major changes to the way
NFS has been implemented and used up until now, including stronger security,
wide area network sharing, and broader platform adaptability.
This IBM® Redbook is intended to provide a broad understanding of NFS V4 and
specific AIX® NFS V4 implementation details. It discusses considerations for
deployment of NFS V4, with a focus on exploiting the stronger security features
of the new protocol.
In the initial implementation of NFS V4 in AIX 5.3, the most impor ...