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Re: Oracle client security

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_cybcon.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 08:13:48 -0700
Message-Id: <1091978028.30520.457.camel@poirot>


On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 20:33, Alex Feinstein wrote:
> Rich,
>
> Parameter ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN used only for client 7.1+ connecting to 7.0
> database.
> In all other cases its value irelevant.
> See note 271825.1
>

This explains why the 'feature' exists, but the use of ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN is hardly irrelevant.

For versions of Oracle client < 9i, setting ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN is still not a bad idea, as a failure to connect will still result in a password being sent in the clear.

Jared



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