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Re: crypt function

From: <rwessman_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: 1997/12/18
Message-ID: <uu3c622q4.fsf@us.oracle.com>#1/1

Unfortunately, the encryption functions are not available yet. We are hoping to have them available in Oracle8 8.0.5. No promises, though.

The digital signature functions are available, though.

                                        Rick
                                        Rick Wessman
                                        Middleware Security Products
                                        Oracle Corporation
                                        rwessman_at_us.oracle.com

tkyte_at_us.oracle.com (Thomas Kyte) writes:

>
> In Oracle7, there is no crypt package available, however Oracle does have a
> package called dbms_crypto_toolkit which has functions for encryption and
> digital signatures. The oracle8 documentation for this is
>
>
> Oracle Cryptographic Toolkit Programmer's Guide
> Release 2.0.3
> A54082-01
>
> Its part of the Oracle8 Security server.
>
> On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:48:16 -0500, Donald Phillips <dcphillips_at_ra.rockwell.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Does anyone have port of the Unix Crypt(3) in PL/SQL? If not, is there
> >a usable encryption function available for Oracle fields?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Don Phillips
> >Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley
> >http://www.ab.com/
>
>
> Thomas Kyte
> tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
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                                        Rick
                                        Rick Wessman
                                        Middleware Security Products
                                        Oracle Corporation
                                        rwessman_at_us.oracle.com
Received on Thu Dec 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CST

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