That does rather negate the value of the encryption.
On 2/17/06, Greg Norris <spikey.mcmarbles_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I never said that setting a listener password was a bad idea, just
> that there's no benefit to using an *encrypted* password. Here's a
> quick illustration (valid thru 9iR2... I understand that 10g finally
> changes this behaviour).
>
> Say you've set your listener password to BILLBO, which produces a hash
> (as seen in listener.ora) of XXXXXXXX. You can now use either of the
> following commands at the lsnrctl prompt.
>
> set password<ENTER>
> BILLBO
>
> or
>
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Received on Sat Feb 18 2006 - 12:25:56 CST
