Re: Packet Filtering/security between Oracle servers

I would like to point out that as of 7.1, all passwords are encrypted.

                                Rick
                                Rick Wessman
                                Server Techologies - Network Products
                                Oracle Corporation
                                rwessman_at_us.oracle.com

In article <CzBq1y.Mvy_at_world.std.com> lparsons_at_world.std.com (Lee E Parsons) writes:

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>From: lparsons_at_world.std.com (Lee E Parsons)
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>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 19:27:34 GMT
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>Paul Blair <centaur_at_hal.COM> wrote:
>>
>>Basically, what I am doing is setting a router on the T1 that
>>will connect the two servers, and filtering out all but the
>>port(s) needed for Oracle servers to communicate between one
>>another, thus keeping things tight and secure, so there is
>>no cross-talk between our machines.
>
>Provided your allowing the sqlnet listener requests through and
>the user ports that the connection will be assigned to once the
>listener has finished the setup, you should be ok.
>
>Be careful about how you set up sqlnet or you'll find that the
>other system has access to all your databases and not just the
>one your planning on giving them. (If thay have passwords
>that is and we all know how easy those are to get :)
>--
>Regards,
>
>Lee E. Parsons
>Systems Oracle DBA lparsons_at_world.std.com
Received on Wed Nov 16 1994 - 17:01:15 CET