NFS

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Template:oldfaq There are several reasons you can't NFS mount your Peyton home directory (/u/username) to your home PC or one in the dorms:

Since we cannot verify if you have all the latest security patches and precautions installed on your home PC we cannot allow a possibly insecure machine to mount a secure resource.
The data between your PC and our network will not be encrypted which means anyone can eavesdrop on any of your NFS chatting.
OIT does not allow mounting between subnets unless it is to specific machines. They will not consider 100 separate request for Dormnet connectivity to other secure networks. In fact I would be surprised if they allowed it at all since they consider Dormnet inherently insecure. Other home based PCs could be even worse.