4.3. An Overview of Oracle Net Features
Oracle Net is the glue that bonds the Oracle network together. It is responsible for handling client-to-server and server-to-server communications, and it can be configured on the client, the middle-tier application, web servers, and the Oracle server.
Oracle Net manages the flow of information in the Oracle network infrastructure. First, it establishes the initial connection to the Oracle server, and then it acts as the messenger, passing requests from the client back to the server or passing them between two Oracle servers. Oracle Net handles all negotiations between the client and server during the client connection.
In addition to functioning as an information manager, Oracle Net supports the use of ...
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