Re: Network protocol question

Hi, Vladimir:

The SQL*Net/Net8 protocol is proprietary to Oracle. You would need a non-disclosure agreement (very difficult to get, BTW) to get the specification.

                                  Rick

"BOBO4KA" <BOBO4KA_at_asia.com> writes:

> Sirs!
>
> I am working in networking area, dealing with the access
> control and quality of service. My goal is to classify the
> network connections in order to assign some priorities.
> So far I know that oracle uses the 66th port and can
> distinguish the IP addresses, but I'd like to know, whether
> it is possible to make better classification, e.g. depending
> on database names.
>
> My question is: where can I find the Oracle SQL*NET _protocol_
> specification? Does any RFC (like RFC2068 for HTTP and RFC2518
> for Distributed Authoring Tools HTTP extension) exists?
>
> Another question is: what is the amount of data (the network
> load) transferred by Oracle interactions by SQL*NET protocol
> in comparison with the amount of data sent by HTTP protocol?
>
>
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