DATA INTEGRITY VERIFICATION FOR NETWORK FILE SYSTEMS

Abstract

A computer is configured to execute network file system (NFS) client software, and issue NFS commands to an NFS server along with checksums that are used by the NFS server to verify the integrity of remote procedure call (RPC) packets that include the NFS commands, by performing the steps of: computing a first checksum of a first RPC packet by applying a checksum algorithm to the first RPC packet, wherein the first RPC packet includes a first NFS packet, the first NFS packet including an NFS command to be performed by the NFS server; inserting the first checksum into the first RPC packet; creating a first transmission control protocol (TCP) packet that includes the first RPC packet having the first checksum inserted therein; and transmitting the first TCP packet to the NFS server over a network using a network interface controller (NIC).

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