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Re: network appliance...
From: ptaylor () MARTNET COM (Paul Taylor)
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 18:43:21 GMT
The kernel is a stripped down unix type kernel. It has no compiler, no real shell (like /bin/sh), nor any utils like vi or anything like that. It does (or did, I haven't configured one for a while) come from the factory with a crappy security configuration, such as: / -anon=0 in /etc/exports. It runs its own implementation of CIFS, and it uses NFS, and you can run an http server off of it, none of which I have seen any problems with, except for not being locked down out of the factory. They are pretty dependable, and quick for what they do. The read speed is good, but the write speed sucks. I was running an F630 and an F760, and the only problem I had with it was an infant mortality on the system board of the F630 the first week we got it. YMMV. Paul
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, JT wrote:has anyone heard of vulnerabilities in the Network Appliance base operating
systems? they're the company that makes large filer head systems and my company is considering buying one. the operating system is unix or unix based but an nmap scan on known open ports in demonstration showed absolutely nothing - no operating systems id either. i was curious as to whether this is really as safe as it seems...
If I remember correctlly, the configuration interface of these devices closelly resembles the UN*X standard, this does *not* however imply that they use a UN*X-like operating system or kernel...... If indeed their code (kernel, OS, call it what you like) is UN*X-like it would probably be more or less completely developed in-house. At least, I havn't seen any of the usual "advertising clause" messages.... /olle
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- Re: network appliance..., (continued)
- Re: network appliance... Todd Garrison (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Dustin D. Trammell (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Ryan Permeh (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Jordan Ritter (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Tom (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Luiz Eduardo Gava (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Lopez, Joe (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Dom De Vitto (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Hull, Dave (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... John Hall (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Paul Taylor (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Crother, Mark (Apr 12)
- Re: network appliance... Marc Slemko (Apr 13)
- Re: network appliance... Stuart Henderson (Apr 17)
- Re: network appliance... James Grinter (Apr 24)
- DOS on inetd w/ nmap Clifford, Shawn A (Apr 24)
- Re: DOS on inetd w/ nmap Roelof Temmingh (Apr 25)
- Re: DOS on inetd w/ nmap LaMont Jones (Apr 25)
- Re: DOS on inetd w/ nmap Richard Johnson (Apr 25)
- Info about Microsoft Exchange application protocol Bobby, Paul (Apr 24)
- Re: Info about Microsoft Exchange application protocol Walter Williams (Apr 24)
- Re: network appliance... Stuart Henderson (Apr 17)