AFS Case Study

by Fabrizio Manfredi

Abstract

This case study will explain how to set up a new AFS cell for production environment (design decisions, initial setup, planning for the future). General Outline:

Overview of AFS concepts and semantics
Setting up and managing the AFS client (Arla)
A working outline of the AFS server processes
Authentication issues: KAS vs. Kerberos5
Step by step, how to configure AFS cell on OpenBSD using OpenAFS

Author bio

I'm Senior Consultant at Zeropiu S.p.A, a consulting company focusing on Identity and Access Management. I have a highly experience with enterprise technologies and distributed systems. Additionally, interests include high performance computing, networking, security, mobility, and IPTV. I try in my spare time to work on some Opensource project like apache SAML and RTP modules, enterprice management interface and distributed scheduler.

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