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Re: Decoding Oracle password

From: Ari Kaplan <akaplan_at_interaccess.com>
Date: 1997/09/19
Message-ID: <5vu62a$cra$1@nntp3.interaccess.com>#1/1

Oracle compares the encoded passwords on each database. If there were an algorithm to decode the passwords, we'd all be in trouble.

-Ari Kaplan
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Cezariusz Marek (Cezariusz.Marek_at_comarch.pl) wrote:
: Hi,
:
: I wonder how does work database links without "connect to" clause.
:
: Documentation says, that in such situation Oracle uses current user's
: login and password. So Oracle either can decode the password from
: sys.user$ or can connect using encoded password?
:
: Regards,
:
  Received on Fri Sep 19 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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