Re: kern/53166: NFS default to UDP; it should really default to TCP

[Hauke Fath <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/53166; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hauke Fath <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/53166: NFS default to UDP; it should really default to TCP
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 11:29:25 +0200

 On Sun,  8 Apr 2018 00:45:00 +0000 (UTC), thorpej%me.com@localhost wrote:
 > NFS defaults to using UDP as a transport.  It really should default=20
 > to using TCP.  There's really no reason to default to UDP anymore=20
 > (servers that don't properly support TCP are ancient, at this point).
 
 While I have no opinion on changing the default as long as udp=20
 transport is an option, I do want to point out that nfs over udp is a=20
 lot more robust when run through a stateful packet filter.=20
 
 With tcp, crash your router, and you'll have to walk up to and reboot=20
 all your clients.
 
 Cheerio,
 hauke
 
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 Hauke Fath                        <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>
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