Re: SQL Developer

From: Tim Arnold <timkarnold_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:35:20 -0400
Message-ID: <LbKdnW5OcbhYSqrZRVn-qw@comcast.com>

"ianal Vista" <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns979EBF53C61A2ianalvistahotmailcom_at_70.169.32.36...
> amerar_at_iwc.net wrote in news:1144424759.175917.122230
> @v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:
>
> >
> > Thanks Jim for the answer. I know very little about Java, so I am
> > curious why JDBC does not support OS authentication???
> >
>
> STOP & THINK, please.
>
> OS Authentication means that Oracle is agreeing to believe the OS that the
> user is who is signed onto that OS.
>
> How/why should Oracle believe a remote connection request is coming a
> "trusted source" with demanding its own username/password?
>

Well SQL*Net does Received on Sat Apr 08 2006 - 10:35:20 CDT