Inspired by recent thread of posts on other blogs about alternatives to SPML and using local AD for cloud security – I recorded a demo showing how OVD can be used to create an Active Directory firewall. So for example you could use OVD to provide secure remote access [...]
In the previous post we looked at how to configure the SQLAuthenticator password encryption options. Among other encryption algorithms we discovered that on creating a user from the WLS console, WLS would create the associated user in a database table with password “password” encrypted to:
{SHA-1}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=
…when the SHA-1 option was set.
As was mentioned in the [...]
I wasn’t able to make it to Internet Identity Workshop this week because I would like to know the thoughts on Facebook Connect. It appears that more and more sites are now allowing you to use your Facebook account to authenticate you.
The experience in my opinion may make this Facebook’s killer app (though my [...]
Wella?| actually this is a post that can apply to any use of Oracle Application Server (10.1.3.x) in conjunction with an Oracle 11g database. Starting with the 11g database, user passwords are case sensitive. Thus you can use uppercase, lowercase, or any combination thereof in your password. Unfortunately this can cause a problem when using [...]
OK. Oracle Homes backed up, check. Database backed up, check. Beehive1.4.1 software downloaded and extracted, check.
I’m in a bit of a dilemma though… Do I upgrade my 1.3.1 to 1.4.1, or just do a fresh install of 1.4.1? In my Post install config, you’ll notice I’m not quite up to configuring and testing Mail. So [...]
My last two entries have been uncharacteristically Microsoft-friendly, so it’s time to restore some balance. Coincidentally, I just noticed the latest “alertbox” entry by Jakob Nielsen, about putting an end to password masking (the ******* that appears when you type a password). I actually disagree with Nielsen on this (it’s not just about shoulder-surfing, who [...]
Hello everyoneI have been monitoring and taking part in a thread (click here for thread) on the OTN Discoverer Forum concerning an issue with 8-character passwords not always being accepted in Discoverer 10.1.2.3 with CP3 installed.
Oracle Support have now confirmed that this is a bug and have posted it on MetaLink as bug number 8267360.
Basically [...]
Back from vacation and finding a whole army of people writing about virtual directory while I’m gone.
Working backwards, I saw the following quote from Jeff Bohren in his entry about vendor independence in response to a few posts from our own Nishant Kaushik:
BTW, having written code that supports multiple LDAP vendors at four different companies [...]
Back from vacation and finding a whole army of people writing about virtual directory while I’m gone.
Working backwards, I saw the following quote from Jeff Bohren in his entry about vendor independence in response to a few posts from our own Nishant Kaushik:
BTW, having written code that supports multiple LDAP vendors at four different companies [...]
Many of you know that I came to Oracle through the acquisition of OctetString. You may not realize that I co-founded OctetString in early 2001, which was during the last downturn. In fact, we were negotiating our first software sale when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred.
So I read with great interest Jason Calacanis’s email (and [...]