From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Sun Aug 8 09:59:49 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i78Exnb03017 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:59:49 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i78ExnI03010 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:59:49 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 0AFC472C3B7; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:50:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18792-79; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:50:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 5844472C3B4; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:50:21 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Sun, 08 Aug 2004 09:48:56 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 3A84B72C04A for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:48:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18792-57 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:48:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.cybcon.com (mail.cybcon.com [216.190.188.5]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 9B6DF72C032 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:48:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from dsl2-6 (dsl2-6.cybcon.com [208.186.116.6]) by mail.cybcon.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i78F3up02956 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:03:56 -0700 Subject: Re: Oracle client security From: Jared Still To: Oracle-L Freelists In-Reply-To: <1b5c01c47cf8$8b06d170$0401a8c0@home3> References: <1b5c01c47cf8$8b06d170$0401a8c0@home3> Content-type: text/plain Message-Id: <1091978028.30520.457.camel@poirot> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 08:13:48 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CyberConnectics-MailScanner2-Information: Spam/Virus Scanned at CyberConnectics X-CyberConnectics-MailScanner2: Found to be clean X-CyberConnectics-MailScanner2-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: jkstill@cybcon.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org X-archive-position: 7164 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: jkstill@cybcon.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 20:33, Alex Feinstein wrote: > Rich, > > Parameter ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN used only for client 7.1+ connecting to 7.0 > database. > In all other cases its value irelevant. > See note 271825.1 > This explains why the 'feature' exists, but the use of ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN is hardly irrelevant. For versions of Oracle client < 9i, setting ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN is still not a bad idea, as a failure to connect will still result in a password being sent in the clear. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------