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    nfsd: don't require low ports for gss requests · 9d7ed135
    J. Bruce Fields authored
    
    
    In a traditional NFS deployment using auth_unix, the clients are trusted
    to correctly report the credentials of their logged-in users.  The
    server assumes that only root on client machines is allowed to send
    requests from low-numbered ports, so it can use the originating port
    number to distinguish "real" NFS clients from NFS clients run by
    ordinary users, to prevent ordinary users from spoofing credentials.
    
    The originating port number on a gss-authenticated request is less
    important.  The authentication ties the request to a user, and we take
    it as proof that that user authorized the request.  The low port number
    check no longer adds much.
    
    So, don't enforce low port numbers in the auth_gss case.
    
    Reviewed-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
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