AFP, HFS, HFS+, NTFS, ZFS and other fork-cabable file protocols/systems

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http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/AFP/Concepts/
chapter_2_section_3.html 
conceptualises the Apple Filing Protocol file system structure.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/105763 
explains NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(filesystem) 
contextualises ZFS, NTFS and HFS under the umbrella of filesystems (and one 
might extend that 
article to comprise AFP amongst the list of fork capable `systems`, although 
AFP is commonly 
equated with a `protocol`).

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1822 
suggests that NTFS ADS may be associated with security risks.

Two questions arise:

1) if/when support for AFP, NTFS and/or ZFS is plugged in to MacFusion, should 
the plug-ins 
offer support for the fork cababilities of those systems?

2) if such support is offered, should it be disabled by default (with a 
MacFusion GUI option to 
enable) for systems with which a security risk is considered, and enabled by 
default (with a GUI 
to disable) for systems such as AFP which are resource-fork friendly?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by grahampe...@gmail.com on 7 May 2007 at 8:56

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Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 7 May 2007 at 9:03

• Changed title: AFP, HFS, HFS+, NTFS, ZFS and other fork-cabable file protocols/systems

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Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 8 May 2007 at 3:23

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ZFS on Fuse is getting quite some attention now that a working version is out. 
Don't
know how easy it is to port to OSX and create a MacFusion plug-in.

http://zfs-on-fuse.blogspot.com/

Original comment by avoc...@gmail.com on 11 May 2007 at 10:50

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Thanks, I noticed that too the other day. 

For what it's worth (and I shouldn't bias the group in any particular 
direction) find the idea of ZFS for Mac 
extraordinarily appealing. 

Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 11 May 2007 at 11:06

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ZFS discussion can begin/continue under issue-44

Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 11 May 2007 at 11:09

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Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 9 Jun 2007 at 3:27

• Added labels: Fork_Stream