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EXPERT RESPONSE FROM: Brian Peasland1
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QUESTION POSED ON: 17 March 2004
I am trying to connect to my remote Oracle server and work with it. Before I do that I would like to know the security issues I need to consider. I am concerned about the data security on its way from the remote servers to my PC.
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Out of the box, Oracle does not encrypt data transmitted from the
Oracle database to the application. One of the mechanisms that you can
use it to employ Oracle's data encryption routines with the
DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT package. The data would be stored in the
database in encrypted format. This has the advantage of safeguarding
your data even if someone breaks in to your database. However, the data
would be unencrypted in the database and the transmitted across the
network in unencrypted format. To encrypt data transmitted across the
network, you'll want to install and configure Oracle's Advanced
Security option.
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