Re: Security on 11g

> http://tinyurl.com/338fhx
>
> I'm absolutely not a security expert on oracle products, but I'm sure that
> some people uses a destructive criticism to blame instead of giving a
> better solution....

In all fairness, Alex's motives are precisely about "giving a better solution". When he finds flaws, he responsibly reports them to Oracle so that they can be fixed. He informs them of what he has found, why it's a problem and what they can do to address the issue and hopefully effect change in the Oracle development processes to prevent the same class of flaws from re-occuring in the code in the future.

> Maybe this people are interested fans of a competing database.

Alex used to work for Oracle in Germany and now runs a Oracle security consultancy - so it's his job to keep ahead of the curve when it comes to issues that weaken the security posture of the RDBMS.

I hope this provides you with some context behind Alex's work.

Cheers,
David Litchfield
http://www.databasesecurity.com/

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