Oracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement July 2014
Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the July 2014 Critical Patch Update. It looks like that the next Critical Patch Update is somewhat more extensive from the database point of view....
View ArticleSecure External Password Store for RMAN
The draft version of this blog post is lying around for some time in my inbox. I've never found time to finish it. But due to a task in a project it's about time to finish my notes on Oracle's Secure...
View ArticleOracle 12.1.0.2.0 Patchset released
Oracle has released the first patchset 12.1.0.2.0 for Oracle 12c Release 1. Or at least partially released on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud eDelivery.oracle.com. So far the patch set is only available...
View ArticleUpdate: Oracle 12.1.0.2.0 Patchset released
I finally found some time to update my blog post on Oracle 12.1.0.2.0 Patchset released. Beside the list of new features, I have included a number of links related to this patch set.
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement January 2015
Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the first Critical Patch Update in 2015. This Critical Patch Update contains 167 new security vulnerability fixes across all Oracle products. It...
View ArticleDOAG SIG Security Munich 2015
Just finished my presentation about Unified Audit at the DOAG SIG Security in München. It is about Oracle Unified Audit and a few considerations for migrating old standard audit to new policy based...
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement July 2015
Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the July Critical Patch Update. This Critical Patch Update contains 193 new security vulnerability fixes across all Oracle products. It looks like...
View ArticleMemory Leak in Network Checksum with new SHA-2 Functions
I’ve just stumbled over an issue with the new checksum algorithm introduced with Oracle 12c. It seams that in certain situation the new SHA-2 function cause a memory leak. A search on My Oracle Support...
View ArticleWALLET_LOCATION in sqlnet.ora for Container Databases
Recently I’ve setup Oracle Enterprise User Security (EUS) with Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) on my favorite linux test system. Among regular 11.2.0.4 and 12.1.0.2 databases I do also have a 12.1.0.2...
View ArticleAd: Der Oracle DBA – Handbuch für die Administration der Oracle Database 12c
The 2nd revised edition of the Der Oracle DBA will finally be released in a couple of days. Pre-Orders are already possible. It took quite a while until the publication of this release. Work on the...
View ArticleUsing Kerberos in Oracle Standard Edition
Since the release of Oracle 12cR1 mid 2013 the network encryption and strong authentication services has been removed from the Oracle Advanced Security Option. Both feature are now available for any...
View ArticleTrivadis Schwaben Gipfel – Top 10 Database Threads and Risk Management
Just finished my second presentation at the Trivadis Schwaben-Gipfel in Stuttgart. It is about Database Threads and Risk assessment and a few considerations on Database classification. The slides are...
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement July 2016
Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the July 2016 Critical Patch Update. It’s quite a huge update with not less than 276 security vulnerability fixes across the Oracle products. For...
View ArticleLosing the Oracle Wallet for Enterprise User Security
Having a reliable backup solution for your Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) or Enterprise User Security (EUS) Wallets, is beyond discussion. Nevertheless it can happen that you lose or corrupt the...
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU Announcement January 2017
Oracle has published the first Critical Patch Update in 2017. It’s quite a huge update with not less than 270 new security vulnerability fixes across the Oracle products. For the Oracle Database itself...
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU Announcement April 2017
Last night Oracle released there new Critical Patch Update. From the DB perspective it is a rather small patch update. It just includes 2 fixes for security vulnerabilities on Oracle database 11.2.0.4...
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU Announcement October 2017
The Oracle open world 2017 is over, the dust just settled down. A perfect time for Oracle to release the October critical patch advisory. With not less than 270 new security vulnerability fixes across...
View ArticleDOAG 2017 Oracle 12c Release 2 Datenbank-Sicherheit in a Nutshell
Below you will find a list of the different demo scripts used during the DOAG training day 2017 Oracle 12c Release 2 Datenbank-Sicherheit in a Nutshell. In general the script do need a SCOTT or a HR...
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU April 2018
Oracle recently released the spring Critical Patch Advisory. It is the first critical patch update, which also includes fixes for Oracle 18c. Over all it includes 254 new security fixes across the...
View ArticleOracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement July 2018
Today Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the July 2018 Critical Patch Update. It’s quite a heavy update with not less than 334 security vulnerability fixes across the Oracle...
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