Oracle 11g Anti-hacker's Cookbook

Chapter 2. Securing the Network and Data in Transit

In this chapter we will cover the following topics:

• Hijacking an Oracle connection
• Using OAS network encryption for securing data in motion
• Using OAS data integrity for securing data in motion
• Using OAS SSL network encryption for securing data in motion
• Encrypting network communication using IPSEC
• Encrypting network communication with stunnel
• Encrypting network communication with SSH tunneling
• Restricting the fly listener administration using ADMIN_RESTRICTION_LISTENER parameter
• Securing external program execution (EXTPROC)
• Controlling the client connections using the TCP.VALIDNODE_CHECKING listener parameter

Introduction

As most of the applications that are using Oracle Databases are two or three tiered, ...