Re: Is there some free way to encrypt Oracle network data in Windows

Hi

Seems I was looking at an older version of oracle which included the encryption :(

Still ssl tunneling should work ...

Regards
Steve
At 2:22 PM -0400 30/8/05, Paul Drake wrote:
>On 8/30/05,
><mailto:Paula_Stankus_at_doh.state.fl.us>Paula_Stankus_at_doh.state.fl.us
><<mailto:Paula_Stankus_at_doh.state.fl.us>Paula_Stankus_at_doh.state.fl.us>
>wrote:
>
>I believe it requires the Advanced Security Option which I heard last
>was $10K per cpu - just to encrypt the data between the database server
>and the app on the network.
>
>
>
>Paula,
>
>There is alot more to "encryption" than just applying a key to a
>packet's payload to create cyphertext. Rather than have this get
>ugly, I'd suggest that you actually read up on this.
>
><http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/network.101/b10772/toc.htm>http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/network.101/b10772/toc.htm
>
>There are concepts such as "authentication", "user rights", "data
>integrity", "key management" that need to be addressed as well as
>interoperability with vendors offerings.
>
>I'm sure that an auditor would have a field day with a roll-your-own
>solution if the security of the data was truly important. I've
>worked around this in the past with a cross-over cable between app
>server and database server (network not reachable except via either
>host) and by putting the web/app/database server software on the
>same host and running everything on lo - neither of which scale
>particularly well.
>
>hth.
>
>Paul
>
>
>
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>Windows
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>Hi
>
>SqlNet supports encryption
>
>Regards
>Steve
>>I think that you can set that at listener level. Not sure.
>>
>>Regards
>>GBA
>>
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>>Asunto: Is there some free way to encrypt Oracle network data in
>>Windows
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>>Hi, please
>>Is there some free way to encrypt Oracle network data transmission in
>>Windows?
>>For example to avoid some person capture network data and found the
>>role passwords.
>>
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