CHAPTER4Connection Pools and Proxy Authentication
In this chapter, you’ll explore identification and authentication (I&A) examples as related to Oracle. Our discussion begins with a brief history of authentication strategies. To put today’s security environment in perspective, you’ll briefly explore the previous computing architectures: host-based systems, the use of operating system authenticated users, and the client-server I&A model.
Web applications have their own special set of security challenges and requirements. Among them is how to effectively connect application users to the database in a way that meets the high-throughput demands of the Web and preserves end-to-end security. The predominant connection technique used today relies on ...
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