Add NFSv4 ACLs idea.

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+      <idea id="nfsv4acls">
+	<title>NFSv4 ACLs</title>
+
+	<desc>
+	<p><strong>Technical contact</strong>: <a
+	  href="mailto:rwatson@FreeBSD.org">Robert Watson</a>, <a
+	  href="mailto:pjd@FreeBSD.org">Daeidek</a></p>
+	<p>The NFSv4 RFC and follow-on drafts specify a new Access Control
+	  List (ACL) format loosely based on NTFS ACLs.  This format is not
+	  directly compatible with existing POSIX.1e ACLs, but has been
+	  adopted by a number of recent UNIX file systems (including Apple's
+	  HFS+ and Sun's ZFS file systems) in order to improve Windows
+	  compatibility.  This project is multif-fold: research current
+	  specifications and implementations of NFSv4 ACLs, implement an ACL
+	  library in userspace, port it to the kernel and enhance the kernel
+	  ACL infrastructure to support them, and implement optional NFSv4
+	  ACL support on UFS2 and ZFS.  Further, investigate NFSv4 ACL
+	  support for Samba and smbfs.  Implement a test suite exercising
+	  relevant aspects of NFSv4 ACL implementation, both basic rule
+	  evaluation and its integration with the nominally incompatible
+	  UNIX owner, group, and mode.</p>
+
+	<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
+	<ul>
+	  <li>Strong C programming skills.</li>
+	  <li>Tolerance for IETF specifications.</li>
+	  <li>Appreciation for the nasty subtleties of access control.</li>
+	  <li>Rigorous and devious mindset.</li>
+	</ul>
+	</desc>
+      </idea>
+
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