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Oracle 11g Anti-hacker's Cookbook
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Oracle 11g Anti-hacker's Cookbook

by Adrian Neagu
October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
302 pages
5h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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Controlling client connections using the TCP.VALIDNODE_CHECKING listener parameter

The usage of the valid node checking security feature is very similar to the TCP wrappers presented in Chapter 1, Operating System Security. Using this capability, you can deny or the allow connecting clients based on IP address or hostname.

Getting ready

All steps will be performed on nodeorcl1.

How to do it...

  1. Open $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora and enable valid node checking by setting TCP.VALIDNODE_CKECINK as follows:
    TCP.VALIDNODE_CHECKING=ON
    
  2. Next, you can establish the hosts that will be allowed to connect by setting the TCP.INVITED_NODES parameter as follows:
    TCP.INVITED_NODES= {nodeorcl5}
    
  3. After you add the invited nodes you must reload the listener ...
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