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Network File System Version 4 (nfsv4)

Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Drafts (5 hits)
14 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-delstid-08
Extending the Opening of Files in NFSv4.2
2024-10-02
RFC Ed Queue : EDIT
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: artart LC secdir LC
Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Christopher Inacio
61 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-internationalization-11
Internationalization for the NFSv4 Protocols
2024-08-22
I-D Exists
In WG Last Call
Reviews: artart Early i18ndir Early
Dec 2024

13 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-layoutwcc-04
Add LAYOUT_WCC to NFSv4.2's Flex File Layout Type
2024-10-14
Waiting for AD Go-Ahead
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: secdir LC artart LC genart LC
Action Holder: Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Christopher Inacio
7 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-layrec-04
Reporting of Errors via LAYOUTRETURN in NFSv4.2
2024-11-21
New
Approved-announcement to be sent::AD Followup
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: genart LC artart LC secdir LC
Action Holder: Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Christopher Inacio
753 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc5661bis-09
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol
2024-10-19
I-D Exists
WG Document
Jul 2026

Expired Internet-Drafts (23 hits)
230 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-03-00
NFS version 4 Protocol
1999-12-16
Expired
WG Document

28 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-ccm-03
The Channel Conjunction Mechanism (CCM) for GSS
2004-07-12
Expired
WG Document

24 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-directory-delegation-01
NFSv4.1: Directory Delegations and Notifications
2005-03-24
Expired
WG Document

11 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-dns-rr-00
A DNS RR for NFSv4 ID Domains
2005-10-25
Expired
WG Document

18 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-integrity-measurement-08
Integrity Measurement for Network File System version 4
2020-04-03
Expired
WG Document

14 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-ipv4v6-00
NFS operation over IPv4 and IPv6
2010-10-18
Expired
WG Document

8 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-ipv6-00
NFS operation over IPv6
2010-10-18
Expired
WG Document

10 pages 2010-09-16
Expired
WG Document

18 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-nfs-ulb-v2-07
Network File System (NFS) Upper-Layer Binding To RPC-Over-RDMA Version 2
2022-05-13
Expired
WG Document

63 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-pnfs-00
NFSv4 pNFS Extensions
2005-10-09
Expired
WG Document

12 pages 2010-10-14
Expired
WG Document

24 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00
Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4
2005-07-08
Expired
WG Document

12 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-repl-mig-design-00
Server-to-Server Replication/Migration Protocol Design Principles
2002-12-20
Expired
WG Document

19 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-requirements-03
NFS Version 4 Requirements
1998-11-16
Expired
WG Document

38 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc5664bis-03
Object-Based Parallel NFS (pNFS) Operations
2014-05-03
Expired
WG Document

50 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc5666-implementation-experience-03
RPC-over-RDMA Version One Implementation Experience
2016-05-12
Expired
WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up : Informational

Spencer Shepler
13 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpc-iana-03
RPC Numbering Authority Transfer to IANA
2005-02-04
Expired
WG Document

13 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpc-ipv6-00
IPv6 extension to RPC
2001-02-28
Expired
WG Document

90 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpcrdma-version-two-07
RPC-over-RDMA Version 2 Protocol
2022-06-28
Expired
WG Document
Reviews: tsvart Early tsvart Early

23 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpcsecgssv3-00
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Security Version 3
2014-07-14
Expired
WG Document

15 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-secinfo-02
NFSv4.1: SECINFO Changes
2004-07-14
Expired
WG Document

69 pages
draft-ietf-nfsv4-sess-02
NFSv4 Session Extensions
2005-07-08
Expired
WG Document

133 pages 1999-03-02
Expired
WG Document

RFCs (43 hits)
19 pages
RFC 2623
NFS Version 2 and Version 3 Security Issues and the NFS Protocol's Use of RPCSEC_GSS and Kerberos V5
1999-06
Proposed Standard RFC

22 pages
RFC 2624
NFS Version 4 Design Considerations
1999-06
Informational RFC

212 pages
RFC 3010
NFS version 4 Protocol Errata
2000-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc3530

275 pages
RFC 3530
Network File System (NFS) version 4 Protocol Errata
2003-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc7530
1 Scott O. Bradner
27 pages
RFC 4506
XDR: External Data Representation Standard Errata
2006-05
Internet Standard RFC
Also known as STD 67
Jon Peterson
14 pages
RFC 5403
RPCSEC_GSS Version 2
2009-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc7861
Lars Eggert
63 pages
RFC 5531
RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2 Errata
2009-05
Draft Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9289
Lars Eggert
15 pages
RFC 5532
Network File System (NFS) Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) Problem Statement
2009-05
Informational RFC
Lars Eggert
617 pages
RFC 5661
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol Errata
2010-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8881
Updated by rfc8178, rfc8434
1 Lars Eggert
73 pages
RFC 5662
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 External Data Representation Standard (XDR) Description Errata
2010-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Lars Eggert
28 pages
RFC 5663
Parallel NFS (pNFS) Block/Volume Layout Errata
2010-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc6688
Lars Eggert
35 pages
RFC 5664
Object-Based Parallel NFS (pNFS) Operations Errata
2010-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Lars Eggert
14 pages
RFC 5665
IANA Considerations for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Network Identifiers and Universal Address Formats Errata
2010-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Lars Eggert
34 pages
RFC 5666
Remote Direct Memory Access Transport for Remote Procedure Call
2010-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8166
Lars Eggert
10 pages
RFC 5667
Network File System (NFS) Direct Data Placement
2010-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8267
Lars Eggert
26 pages
RFC 5716
Requirements for Federated File Systems
2010-01
Informational RFC
Lars Eggert
11 pages
RFC 6641
Using DNS SRV to Specify a Global File Namespace with NFS Version 4
2012-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Stiemerling
6 pages
RFC 6688
Parallel NFS (pNFS) Block Disk Protection
2012-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Stiemerling
18 pages
RFC 7204
Requirements for Labeled NFS
2014-04
Informational RFC
Martin Stiemerling
323 pages
RFC 7530
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Protocol Errata
2015-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc7931, rfc8587
1 Martin Stiemerling
39 pages
RFC 7531
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 External Data Representation Standard (XDR) Description
2015-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Stiemerling
65 pages
RFC 7532
Namespace Database (NSDB) Protocol for Federated File Systems
2015-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Stiemerling
37 pages
RFC 7533
Administration Protocol for Federated File Systems
2015-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Stiemerling
10 pages
RFC 7569
Registry Specification for Mandatory Access Control (MAC) Security Label Formats
2015-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Stiemerling
26 pages
RFC 7861
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Security Version 3
2016-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
104 pages
RFC 7862
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 2 Protocol Errata
2016-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc8178
Spencer Dawkins
87 pages
RFC 7863
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 2 External Data Representation Standard (XDR) Description
2016-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
55 pages
RFC 7931
NFSv4.0 Migration: Specification Update Errata
2016-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
17 pages
RFC 8000
Requirements for NFSv4 Multi-Domain Namespace Deployment
2016-11
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
30 pages
RFC 8154
Parallel NFS (pNFS) Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Layout
2017-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
55 pages
RFC 8166
Remote Direct Memory Access Transport for Remote Procedure Call Version 1 Errata
2017-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc8797
Spencer Dawkins
13 pages
RFC 8167
Bidirectional Remote Procedure Call on RPC-over-RDMA Transports
2017-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
26 pages
RFC 8178
Rules for NFSv4 Extensions and Minor Versions
2017-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
21 pages
RFC 8267
Network File System (NFS) Upper-Layer Binding to RPC-over-RDMA Version 1
2017-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
7 pages
RFC 8275
Allowing Inheritable NFSv4 Access Control Entries to Override the Umask Errata
2017-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
28 pages
RFC 8276
File System Extended Attributes in NFSv4 Errata
2017-12
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
17 pages
RFC 8434
Requirements for Parallel NFS (pNFS) Layout Types
2018-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
42 pages
RFC 8435
Parallel NFS (pNFS) Flexible File Layout
2018-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
22 pages
RFC 8587
NFS Version 4.0 Trunking Update
2019-05
Proposed Standard RFC
Spencer Dawkins
12 pages
RFC 8797
Remote Direct Memory Access - Connection Manager (RDMA-CM) Private Data for RPC-over-RDMA Version 1
2020-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Magnus Westerlund
560 pages
RFC 8881
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol Errata
2020-08
Proposed Standard RFC
1 Magnus Westerlund
21 pages
RFC 9289
Towards Remote Procedure Call Encryption by Default
2022-09
Proposed Standard RFC
Magnus Westerlund
9 pages
RFC 9561
Using the Parallel NFS (pNFS) SCSI Layout to Access Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Storage Devices
2024-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Related Internet-Drafts and RFCs (10 hits)
178 pages
draft-dnoveck-nfsv4-acls-05
ACLs within the NFSv4 Protocols
2024-08-20
I-D Exists

79 pages
draft-dnoveck-nfsv4-rfc5662bis-05
Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 External Data Representation Standard (XDR) Description
2024-09-18
I-D Exists

124 pages
draft-dnoveck-nfsv4-security-11
Security for the NFSv4 Protocols
2024-08-29
I-D Exists

40 pages
draft-haynes-nfsv4-erasure-encoding-03
Erasure Encoding of Files in NFSv4.2
2024-11-05
I-D Exists

48 pages
draft-haynes-nfsv4-flexfiles-v2-00
Parallel NFS (pNFS) Flexible File Layout Version 2
2024-07-08
I-D Exists
Nov 2026

13 pages
draft-haynes-nfsv4-mojette-encoding-00
The Mojette Transformation for the Erasure Encoding of Files in NFSv4.2
2024-10-15
I-D Exists

6 pages
draft-haynes-nfsv4-uncacheable-01
Adding an Uncacheable Attribute to NFSv4.2
2024-10-13
I-D Exists

14 pages
draft-mzhang-nfsv4-recursively-setting-06
Recursively Setting Attributes of Subdirectories and files
2024-10-13
I-D Exists

11 pages
draft-rmacklem-nfsv4-directory-delegations-03
Directory Delegation clarification for Network File System Version 4, Minor Version 2
2024-06-08
Expires soon
I-D Exists

16 pages
draft-rmacklem-nfsv4-posix-acls-10
POSIX Draft ACL support for Network File System Version 4, Minor Version 2
2024-09-10
I-D Exists
Dec 2025