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<reference anchor="I-D.ietf-nfsv4-uncacheable-directories" target="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-uncacheable-directories-05">
   <front>
      <title>Adding an Uncacheable Directory-Entry Metadata Attribute to NFSv4.2</title>
      <author initials="T." surname="Haynes" fullname="Thomas Haynes">
         <organization>Hammerspace</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="March" day="18" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   Network File System version 4.2 (NFSv4.2) clients may cache
   directory-entry (dirent) metadata returned by READDIR to improve
   performance.  Such caching typically assumes that directory-entry
   metadata and visibility are identical for all users of a client.  In
   some deployments, however, servers may present directory entries or
   associated metadata based on the identity of the requesting user.
   Reuse of cached directory-entry metadata across users can therefore
   result in clients presenting directory contents or attributes that do
   not reflect the server&#x27;s current access control decisions.  This
   document introduces an uncacheable dirent metadata attribute for
   NFSv4.2 that allows servers to advise clients that directory-entry
   metadata returned by READDIR and related operations should not be
   reused across users.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-ietf-nfsv4-uncacheable-directories-05" />
   
</reference>
