Chapter 7
Passwords and Password Controls
Introduction
Authentication is the gateway to the database, and for the vast majority of Oracle systems, the gatekeeper requires no more than a valid username and password pair to allow anyone to pass. One can argue over the merits of username- and password-based authentication, and can make claims about external authentication mechanisms being better, stronger, faster. However, those arguments will not be made here. Instead, we’re going to focus on what Oracle has given us, and what we see practically ...
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