Is TLS supported for NFS protocol
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Transport Layer Security (TLS)
- NFS
Answer
- ONTAP does not support TLS for NFS
- 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