Re: oracle net8 protocol

From: Jim Kennedy <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:01:58 GMT
Message-ID: <W%1Yc.106688$TI1.70132@attbi_s52>

"Richard Franklin" <richard_p_franklin_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:d24db709.0408270827.14fc8015_at_posting.google.com...
> Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
news:<cgmsjs$pf3$1_at_news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>...
> > Richard Franklin wrote:
> >
> > >>You could start oracle sql*net tracing... works
> > >>as long as the connection isn't encrypted
> > >>The protocol is propriety, no specs public, afaik
> > >
> > >
> > > is there an open source ODBC that I can examine? the sql*net .trc
> > > files are pretty useless because they are too hi level. if I could
> > > look at a driver in source code I'd understand how it worked. but I
> > > don't know of any such projects, just ones that link in oracle libs.
> > > (like perl libs for oracle connect)
> > >
> > > I would think that someone had done such a project to make an
> > > application talk to an oracle database?
> >
> > Eehhh... you do realize you can set several levels? What
> > level did you use, that was "too hi"? 'Support' gives a ton
> > of information!

>

> I have used 'SUPPORT' level tracing. its ok, but doesn't tell the real
> packet details [ take a look at NA sniffer for instance ]. problem is
> that even NA sniffer does a halfhearted job. I hoped that I could
> learn packet details from looking at a ODBC (or as Jim says the OCI
> layer). but they are all binary, no source code projects that I can
> see.

>

> ultimately I want to be able to understand any oracle packet and even
> make my own packets that can be sent to the server. another way to ask
> is if there is an open source OCI or ?

>

> thx-
> rpf

Read your license agreement and then realize why there is no such thing. Jim Received on Sat Aug 28 2004 - 11:01:58 CDT