Re: Q:oracle security

In article: <3hnkp2$dq1_at_bambi.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE> soerense_at_winifred.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (RueDIger Soerensen) writes:
> My question is:
> data is entered on a client and sent to the host via TCP/IP (ethernet)
> is it possible to make this transport secure (maybe by encoding the data)?
> Is Oracle capable of doing some sort of encryption?

Oracle recently announced an add-on for SQL*Net that enables it to perform encryption transparently:

ORACLE DELIVERS THE FIRST BUILT-IN ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE TO PROTECT CORPORATE DATA IN CLIENT/SERVER ENVIRONMENTS Secure Network Services Paves the Way for Protected Information Exchange Within Enterprises and Across the Information Highway

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Jan. 9 - At the 1995 RSA Data Security Conference, Oracle Corp., the world's leading provider of information management software, today announced immediate availability of Secure Network Services, the first network security software for client/server database environments. Secure Network Services, an add-on package to Oracle's SQL*Net connectivity software, provides comprehensive, reliable and transparent data security for all types of network traffic. Secure Network Services offers the flexibility of a software solution and is significantly more cost-effective than comparable hardware solutions.

Regards
Tony. Received on Wed Feb 15 1995 - 02:00:14 CET