Oracle Security

Acknowledgments

Any book, no matter how seemingly small or easy, takes a great deal of thought and hard work to come to fruition. There are so many people who have been involved in making this book a reality. All of them deserve more thanks than there is room for in this brief section.

From Both of Us

The entire staff at O’Reilly & Associates has worked long and hard to process our words and chicken scratches and make a readable, educational, and, we hope, enjoyable book. Particular thanks go to Debby Russell for her hours and hours of editing and commenting, and her suggestions to help make this book better and better. Many thanks as well to Steve Abrams, who converted files, did lots of pre-production work on the text, and otherwise helped move things along efficiently so we could meet an ambitious schedule.

Both of us would like to extend a very special “thank you” to Christopher Hamilton. Chris graciously provided us with the complete audit trail application you will find in Chapter 11. His approach to audit tracking is simple, yet incredibly effective. Thanks, Chris!

Thanks also go to Gustavo Saurez for providing expert help, guidance, and endless patience while we were learning the inner workings of the Oracle Security Server Manager.

Several people worked diligently to provide technical reviews of this book to ensure its accuracy. We would like to extend a heartfelt “thank you” to: Dave Kreines for his comments on Chapter 1 and John Beresniewicz for his comments on structure; ...