RFC 7530: Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Protocol

The Network File System (NFS) version 4 protocol is a distributed file system protocol that builds on the heritage of NFS protocol version 2 (RFC 1094) and…

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Outgoing relationships (35 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 3530: Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5226: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 5890: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
Normative reference — RFC 20: ASCII format for network interchange
Normative reference — RFC 3490: Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Normative reference — RFC 2743: Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
Normative reference — RFC 5891: Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA): Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 3492: Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Normative reference — RFC 2203: RPCSEC_GSS Protocol Specification
Normative reference — RFC 5531: RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 5403: RPCSEC_GSS Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 5665: IANA Considerations for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Network Identifiers and Universal Address Formats
Normative reference — RFC 7531: Network File System (NFS) Version 4 External Data Representation Standard (XDR) Description
Normative reference — RFC 6649: Deprecate DES, RC4-HMAC-EXP, and Other Weak Cryptographic Algorithms in Kerberos
Informative reference — RFC 5246: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
Informative reference — RFC 4511: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3232: Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced by an On-line Database
Informative reference — RFC 5661: Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4506: XDR: External Data Representation Standard
Informative reference — RFC 6365: Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF
Informative reference — RFC 4121: The Kerberos Version 5 Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Mechanism: Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 1094: NFS: Network File System Protocol specification
Informative reference — RFC 1813: NFS Version 3 Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1833: Binding Protocols for ONC RPC Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 6943: Issues in Identifier Comparison for Security Purposes
Informative reference — RFC 2623: NFS Version 2 and Version 3 Security Issues and the NFS Protocol's Use of RPCSEC_GSS and Kerberos V5
Informative reference — RFC 2054: WebNFS Client Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2055: WebNFS Server Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2224: NFS URL Scheme
Informative reference — RFC 2624: NFS Version 4 Design Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 2755: Security Negotiation for WebNFS
Informative reference — RFC 4178: The Simple and Protected Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Negotiation Mechanism
Informative reference — RFC 3010: NFS version 4 Protocol

Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 7931: NFSv4.0 Migration: Specification Update
Updated by — RFC 8587: NFS Version 4.0 Trunking Update
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8178: Rules for NFSv4 Extensions and Minor Versions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7861: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Security Version 3
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8167: Bidirectional Remote Procedure Call on RPC-over-RDMA Transports
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8267: Network File System (NFS) Upper-Layer Binding to RPC-over-RDMA Version 1
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7532: Namespace Database (NSDB) Protocol for Federated File Systems
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8275: Allowing Inheritable NFSv4 Access Control Entries to Override the Umask
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8276: File System Extended Attributes in NFSv4
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7862: Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 2 Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8881: Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8166: Remote Direct Memory Access Transport for Remote Procedure Call Version 1
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7831: Application Bridging for Federated Access Beyond Web (ABFAB) Architecture