Oracle Collaboration Suite Security
Oracle Collaboration Suite version 9.0.3 is a many faceted product delivering a collaborative communication platform including email, IMAP, POP3, Webmail, Portal, calendar, Oracle Files, wireless, voicemail and fax services. Oracle Collaboration Suite is built upon the Oracle 9iAS version 2 application server and Oracle 9i version 2 Database. "Oracle is the undisputed market leader in formal security evaluations, with fourteen independent security evaluations against every major worldwide criteria over the past ten years" (Davidson, p.5). "Oracle's Unbreakable commitment means making products progressively more secure by default, so that products are acceptably secure out-of-the-box, with minimal additional action by administrators" (Davidson, p.11). The Security design process for the implementation of Oracle Collaboration Suite requires evaluation and execution of a number of systems and configuration choices.
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Database Administration with Protected Enterprise Data
This document tries to address the issue of "enabling DBAs to carry out their tasks without being exposed to enterprise data, especially in remote-administration environments". Many organizations may not want to disclose their enterprise data to the technicians though they expect their database to be managed seamlessly. This issue is of particular importance in today's growing trend of out-sourced administration of databases. This is also a matter of concern for an organization that is compelled to keep the database open to "greenhorn" DBAs till they prove their commitment to the organization's ethical standards and security. The purpose of this document is to have an essential discussion over devising a proper security policy for each of the possible tasks that can be carried out while being in full accordance and conformance with enterprise's security concerns.
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Oracle Database Listener Security Guide
A guide to properly securing the Oracle Database Listener. Integrigy Consulting has found the Database Listener to be one of the most frequently overlooked security risks at customers. An overview of the Database Listener, its unique security risks, and step-by-step recommendations for securing it are provided.
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An Oracle 10g Upgrade Case Study: Looking at System Performance Before and After the Upgrade
This paper is intended to share our company's experience upgrading from Oracle 8i to Oracle 10g. On one hand, many of our DBA colleagues would like to upgrade their databases to the latest Oracle release so that they can put the newest features to work. But on the other hand, most of those same conservative DBAs would hesitate to take a system that is running perfectly well and put it at risk by moving to the bleeding edge of Oracle's latest offering.
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Graceful Failover and Failback Procedures in Non-Data Guard Environments
This paper describes the procedures to perform "graceful" failovers and failbacks of hot standby databases in Oracle environments that are not using Data Guard. A "graceful" failover is one that does not require databases to be opened with the RESETLOGS option and as a result, graceful failbacks do not require the primary database to be rebuilt. (That is, they do not require the standby database's datafiles to be copied to the primary server.) Graceful failovers and failbacks are also known as "switchovers" and "switchbacks".
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Wait Event Enhancements in Oracle 10g
The wait event interface has continued to be an invaluable tool for DBAs as it offers both breadth and depth in the information it provides to aid in troubleshooting and boosting system performance. Throughout this paper we will assume the reader is familiar with wait event concepts and the wait event interface in Oracle. In particular, this paper is designed for DBAs who have experience using the wait event facility in Oracle 9i or earlier and want to learn what enhancements have been made in Oracle 10g.
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Installing and Configuring Oracle Database 10g on the Solaris Platform
This paper will walk you through the steps of installing Oracle Database 10g release 1 (Oracle version 10.1.0) in a Sun Solaris SPARC environment. About 90% of the material presented here applies to other platforms as well. Everything you read in this paper is hands on, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-busy material for Oracle users who want to get an Oracle database up and running quickly without reading hundreds of pages of documentation and "readme" files.
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Protecting Oracle Databases
Of course, if you are going to open up your database to the world, it's imperative that you properly secure it from the threats and vulnerabilities of the outside world. Securing your database involves not only establishing strong password policy, but also adequate access controls. In this paper, we will cover various ways databases are attacked and how to prevent them from being "hacked".
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Oracle Database 10g: Top Features for DBAs Part 1
Oracle ACE Arup Nanda presents his list of the top new Oracle Database 10g Release 2 features for database administrators. Transparent Data Encryption and XQuery support are the two major new SQL-related features in Oracle Database 10g Release 2, but the list doesn't end there.
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Oracle Advanced Security
Oracle Advanced Security helps customers meet regulatory compliance challenges by providing powerful technologies for protecting sensitive data stored in the database and traveling over the network by combining network encryption and transparent data encryption into a single security option. This helps protect sensitive data against media theft and networks against data sniffing, data loss, replay and person-in-the-middle attacks. All communication with an Oracle database can be encrypted with Oracle Advanced Security.
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