Is TLS supported for NFS protocol
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.x
- Transport Layer Security (TLS)
- NFS
Answer
- ONTAP dos not support TLS for NFS.
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) enables the storage system to use TLS on HTTPS, FTPS, and LDAP traffic
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