Re: Newbie question

"Ian Bainbridge" <ianb_at_attcanada.net> writes:

> I will be using Oracle quite soon, and my one question is:-
>
> How does Oracle authenticate access.
>
> 1. Internal authentication
>
> 2. NT Authentication
>
> 3. Both??
>
> We have a WAN and require users to login from various places that are not
> necessarily users on the NT server, I can I authenticate without having to
> set up the users on the NT server??

Oracle can use both methods. BTW, Oracle supports many different authentication methods through the Advanced Networking Option.

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                                        Rick
                                        Rick Wessman
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