June 2009
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
16h 8m
English
• Accessing the File System
• Executing Operating System Commands
• Consolidating Access
One of the things mentioned in the introduction to Chapter 1 was the concept of utilizing functionality within the database to access portions of the operating system. Most databases ship with a wealth of useful functionality for database programmers, including interfaces for interacting with the database, or for extending the database with user-defined functionality.
In some cases, such as for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle, this functionality has provided a rich hunting ground for security researchers looking for bugs in these two database servers. In ...
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