From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] an idea From: Charles Forsyth In-Reply-To: <4842a6629d0318a83274fbbf07c64c2c@vitanuova.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:40:25 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6f1f25e4-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 >>that's a matter for whoever is arranging the topology of the system, >>surely? no, i don't think it is. i think what happens is that Tauth/Rauth seems cute and people keep trying to find a reason to keep it, but it's useful for only the reason it was introduced: to take the authentication out of the protocol proper for those file servers (/sys/src/fs) that don't do authentication otherwise.