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Re: how to group synonyms ?

From: <ctcgag_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 29 Nov 2003 21:14:21 GMT
Message-ID: <20031129161421.777$U8@newsreader.com>


Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:
> >
> > now, what about plugging the ALL_USERS hole?
> >
> > -- Mark Stock
>
> That is, in my opinion, one of the biggest holes in the Oracle security
> architecture. The system denies knowledge about schemas and objects but
> not users. Why? No good reason I am sure.

It seems especially grevious because even I can figure out how knowing the name of a user will assist in hacking. But for the life of me I can't figure out what a bad guy could do with the simple knowledge that a table exists.

Xho

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