Is TLS supported for NFS protocol
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.14.1 and lower
- Transport Layer Security (TLS)
- NFS
Answer
- ONTAP dos not support TLS for NFS.
Note: (ONTAP 9.15.1 supports TLS for NFS as a public preview: What's new in ONTAP 9.15.1)
- ONTAP supports encryption of HTTPS, FTPS, and LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) with TLS
Additional Information
- To encrypt ongoing transactions with NFS krb5p or IPsec are the only choices, however, it should be discussed with the account team due to performance degradation.
- Overview of using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
- NFS Kerberos in ONTAP