CHAPTER 11Web-centric Security in APEX
In this chapter, we look at the Application Express (APEX) architecture and how to configure it securely. This chapter focuses on solutions at the installation and configuration level. The next chapter is dedicated to secure coding practices.
Introduction to the APEX Environment
APEX is a web development environment that lives completely inside the database. Understanding the APEX environment—both development and runtime—is critical to your understanding of how to secure it. Client-server developers have worked in environments in which each user connects to the database as a true database user or schema. Web developers working with technologies such as Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) are accustomed ...
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