What authentication methods are available?

I have a whole bunch of OCI programs and SQL scripts that contain lines like this:

void
loginandopen(OCIEnv *envhp, OCIError *errhp, OCISvcCtx **svchp) {

text    *username = (text *) "scott";
text    *password = (text *) "tiger";
text    *svidname;

This is obviously not the most secure approach.

What security/authentication alternatives does Oracle offer? Any suggestion or links are most welcome.

TIA, -Ramon Received on Mon Feb 05 2007 - 23:50:49 CST