Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!psuvax1!blitz!ehrlich From: ehrlich@blitz (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: NFS Message-ID: <3401@psuvax1.psu.edu> Date: 30 Mar 88 14:40:24 GMT References: <303@unixprt.UUCP> Sender: netnews@psuvax1.psu.edu Reply-To: ehrlich@blitz.cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Organization: Department of Computer Science, Penn State University Lines: 27 Keywords: TCP/IP In article <303@unixprt.UUCP> paf@unixprt.UUCP (Paul Fronberg) writes: >Another point in the on going RFS-NFS wars: >NFS seems to be coupled with TCP/IP. I have not seen anyone running >it with other protocols whereas I have seen RFS running with >several different TLI providers. While I do not claim any vast expertise in NFS, from looking at the specifications for NFS and RPC there is really nothing that couples NFS or RPC to TCP/IP. It just happens to be the first transport protocol that NFS was implemented on. Any protocol suite that comes close to the ISO model should be a resonable transport method. > >Currently this shouldn't make any difference right now since most everyone >has BSD 4.* TCP/IP in one form or another. It'll be interesting to see >what happens when ISO, X.25 become important. If SUN has there act together this is probably already running in house. Dan Ehrlich The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Computer Science 333 Whitmore Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 +1 814 863 1142 or +1 814 865 9723 Dan Ehrlich The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Computer Science 333 Whitmore Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 +1 814 863 1142 or +1 814 865 9723