Re: Presentation = http://admin

Phil Jollans wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I have now found some more information about
> this. As far as I know, OSE is still available in Oracle 9, but may be
> more or less obsolete.
>
> In particular, I have found more information by searching for "Apache
> Module Oracle OSE" in Google.
>
> It seems fairly clear, that the parameter "Presentation=http://admin"
> is required to access OSE via the Apache web server. The question is,
> is this oracle connection useable for other purposes?
>
> Our application does not require OSE and is not in any way web based.
> In my opinion, we should just delete this line from tnsnames.ora.
> However, I can't test this at the customer's site right now.
>
> Does anybody know if having "Presentation=http://admin" in
> tnsnames.ora is likely to cause problems for applications NOT using
> OSE.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Phil

It is likely to become a security hole. Remove if not used. Same for EXTPROC.

Frank Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 14:00:18 CST