Ian,
FYI, changing the password for this account will
prevent the ORB from working. The ability to use a
different password with the ORB is supposedly a
feature of 8.1.7.
HTH,
- Anita
- "MacGregor, Ian A." <ian_at_SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> Yes, the AURORA$ suggests that. I'm trying to find
> out exacty what it is
> used for. It's another one of those accounts that
> Oracle sneakily creates.
> It is a potential target for a denial of service
> attack.
>
> I have already taken appropriate preventitive steps,
> but I don't like
> removing create session privileges, and/or changing
> the password from an
> account whose purpose is unknown.
>
> Ian MacGregor
> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
> ian_at_slac.stanford.edu
>
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>
> I *believe* (but don't quote me on this) that it has
> to do with Oracle's
> JVM... at least that's what a developer friend told
> me
>
> Rachel
>
> >From: "MacGregor, Ian A." <ian_at_SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
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> >Subject: Wherefore AURORA$ORB$UNAUTHENTICATED
> >Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 16:34:00 -0800
> >
> >What is the purpose of this account. It looks java
> related and has no
> >privileges other than create session.
> >
> >Ian MacGregor
> >Stanford Linear Accelererator Center
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