Month: October 2005

Describe the authentication that is available for various file service protocols: AFP, SMB, NFS, FTP/SFTP? Which protocol supports which kind of authentication? Which file sharing protocols are browsable by which service discovery protocols? Is the authentication sent encrypted? Is the data encrypted?

AFP – authentication is normally encrypted; data is not encrypted; browsable via Bonjour & SLP SMB – authentication is normally encrypted; data is not encrypted; browsable via NetBOIS NFS –…