Re: Decoding Oracle password

From: Sreeni Karpurapu <karpurapus_at_detroitedison.com>
Date: 1997/09/19
Message-ID: <01bcc51d$01ef1360$185909a2@karpurapus.deco.com>#1/1

In my opinion encoded/ encripted passwords are not the same for identical passwords! You might want to verify from dba_users (Select username, password from dba_users)

Apparantly Oracle decodes the passwords :>)

Sreeni

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Sreeni Karpurapu 
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Miracle Software Systems
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Ari Kaplan <akaplan_at_interaccess.com> wrote in article
<5vu62a$cra$1_at_nntp3.interaccess.com>...


> 

> Oracle compares the encoded passwords on each database. If there were an

> algorithm to decode the passwords, we'd all be in trouble.

> 

> -Ari Kaplan

> Independent Oracle DBA Consultant

>

Received on Fri Sep 19 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT