Re: OS authentication with Oracle8i on Windows 2000 Professional

From: I hate Spam <tbf_at_cn.stam.dk>
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 22:55:24 +0100
Message-ID: <gf0u5ug0kckfveih82vh3d3kcahfmquqnr@4ax.com>

On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:49:24 GMT, "timkarnold" <timkarnold_at_home.com> wrote:

>I believe it is a question of convenience vs security.
>. Connections from Windows 95 clients would not be considered secure since
>each user can manually control/set their passwords locally.
>
>If your clients are NT workstations, this does not aply.
>

Sorry, but using OS-authentication without incorporating the domain name is totally unsecure!
You just have to create a local user on your NT workstation with the same name (with whatever password that suits you) as an oracle user. Use 'SYSTEM' if you like, and then you can connect to the database. The workstation doesn't even have to be a member of a domain!

Yours Hans Erik Busk
tbf_at_cn.stam.dk Received on Mon Feb 04 2002 - 15:55:24 CST