Identification Externally with Windows 95 Client and Oracle7 Unix-Server

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From: Harald Feibel <Harald.Feibel_at_gft.de>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:42:21 +0200
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Hi,

you can create a user with the clause "identified externally", e.g., on an Oracle7 Unix Server:

CREATE USER ops$spock IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY (context: os_authent_prefix=ops, remote_os_authent=true)

Suppose you have a user "spock" on your Windows NT (Oracel Client). Then, from this NT Client, it is allowd to connect to the Oracle-Database on the server without providing username/password because authentication is based on operating system authentication. From my experience this works fine.

But now my question:
Does anyone have any experience wiht a situation like this but using a Windows 95 Client instead of a Windows NT Client. Is operation system authentication still possible with Windows 95? What are the security risks, if any?

Thanks a lot

Harald Feibel Received on Fri Jul 09 1999 - 01:42:21 CDT