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From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: NFS Connectathon
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Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 15:02:20 EST
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> Is it possible to get documentation on the NFS protocol??  I have the 
> documentation on RFS but I thought NFS was proprietary??

Proprietary?  Absolutely not!  The Sun RPC protocol spec, and the NFS protocol
spec describing how NFS uses the Sun RPC mechanism, are publicly available.
One way of getting them is to buy a Sun; both protocol specs come in the
Docucrate, err, sorry, I meant Docubox that comes with your machine.  I believe
they are also available if you don't buy a Sun; anybody from our Portable NFS
group care to comment?

I believe Apollo's NFS implementation was done from the protocol spec, not from
the code.  If you want the code, we will sell you the code for an
implementation on top of 4.something BSD, and Lachman Associates will sell you
the code for an implementation on top of the standard S5R2 or S5R3
distribution.
	Guy Harris
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