Re: Pete Finnigan's Oracle database password checker

Hi Bradd,

The cool thing about a PL/SQL/SQL*Plus script is that you can control what it does simply by running it as a user with privileges you control, i.e. it needs create session, and access to SYS.USER$, access to DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT is there by default. The user doesnt need any alteration privs, either DDL or DML based.

Also the other cool thing is that the source code is there and you can read it and see what it does first.

cheers

Pete

Bradd Piontek wrote:
> Maybe it is just me, but I would never run something 'new' against a
> production database without first seeing what it does (either by reviewing
> the code or by testing it against a non-prod environment). Even from a
> trusted source like Mr. Finnagan
>
> Bradd Piontek
> "Next to doing a good job yourself,
> the greatest joy is in having someone
> else do a first-class job under your
> direction."
> -- William Feather
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Andre van Winssen <dreveewee_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>

>> Hi,
>>
>> It's worth running against your (SOx) production databases to find out
>> about weak database passwords that might put in danger Confidentiality,
>> Integrity and/or Availability.
>>
>>

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