Re: Label Security: Maybe I missed another naming but ...

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 06:37:52 +1000
Message-ID: <3f5ce911$0$28122$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

"Tanel Poder" <change_to_my_first_name_at_integrid.info> wrote in message news:3f5ce388$1_1_at_news.estpak.ee...
>
> "Brian Peasland" <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message
> news:3F5CA7B2.94849432_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...
> > Daniel,
> >
> > Isn't Label Security part of Trusted Oracle? IIRC, Label Security was
> > part of Trusted Oracle used mostly by the military. I think that the
> > lines are getting blurred with VPD, FGAC, or whatever the new terms are
> > these days, since the introduction of 9i.
>
> This is my understanding as well.
> Label security is mostly a bunch of pre-created rules and alghorithms for
> various data access policies which work on RLS/FGAC anyway.
>
> Tanel.

As I said elsewhere in this thread, I think that understanding is just slightly incorrect. Label Security is a replacement for Trusted Oracle, not part of it.

That's what they say in the 9i New Features course material, anyway.

Not being named Ossama Rogers, it is quite possible I don't know enough about such issues, however.

Regards
HJR Received on Mon Sep 08 2003 - 15:37:52 CDT