Re: Setting specific port for dispatchers

From: Pete Finnigan <oracle_list_at_peterfinnigan.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:45:20 +0100
Message-ID: <7IDiIkAAjfGBBxQG@peterfinnigan.demon.co.uk>

In article <B5C5F99D765BB744B54FFDF35F60262109F879C0_at_irvmbxw02>, Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com> writes
>I hope you don't mean that you leave the SYS and SYSTEM passwords to the
>defaults used at database creation time.=20
Hi,

The OP should not leave any default users passwords set to their default values. Damage or escalation of privileges is possible from many if not all of the default accounts. Don't just assume that because the database is behind a firewall that its safe to leave it insecure.

kind regards

Pete

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