Extended attributes for NFSv3 - possible Linux interop

[Robert N. M. Watson]

On 5 Jul 2010, at 10:25, James Morris wrote:

>> I'm happy to help contribute to the writing on an Internet Draft and/or 
>> RFC -- the lack of NFS support for EAs (and the EA vs. file fork 
>> confusion) have long caused me frustration, and with systems like 
>> SELinux, our various MAC policies, and all sorts of other things 
>> floating around, there's a strong motivation to fix this ... in a 
>> portable way! I'm just sorry I haven't gotten to this sooner...
> 
> The IETF process is closed for NFSv3, so in this case, it would be not an 
> ID or RFC.

From a working group, yes, but a third-party informational RFC might fit the process? It's been about a decade since I've done anything in IETF-land so I'm not familiar with how the process has evolved. However, there used to be a way to feed "this is a best practice originating outside the IETF with protocol implications" ID through the RFC system, which leaves it "not a standard" but at least a useful reference in an authoritative form.

Robert