Re: SCN wrapping

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:46:31 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <jfpbl6$nc1$2_at_solani.org>

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:56:29 -0800, Mark D Powell wrote:

> According to InfoWorld a partial patch is in the January 2010 CPU. The
> magazine has issued an update which includes mention of another
> potential means of the issue being raised. The actual bug related to
> manual hot backups is apparently limited to two releases per the
> article, which also contains a link to an article on what and how Oracle
> uses the SCN number.
>
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-oracle-flaw-clarifications-and-
more-information-184775
>
> HTH -- Mark D Powell --

Thanks, Mark. Fascinating reading. Good thing is that Infoworld is fair and balanced.

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