Re: Network Encryption Now FREE or so I have been told.

From: April Sims <aprilcsims_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:27:38 -0500
Message-ID: <CAK+cZDeUsOGf4=HSdTk_SN5kKxbFbjnFP8fy_vq_czWPL2AQFw_at_mail.gmail.com>

No reference to RAC in the following licensing document...for 11gR2 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/license.112/e10594.pdf Strong
authentication services (Kerberos, PKI,
and RADIUS) and network encryption (native network encryption and SSL/TLS) are no longer part of Oracle Advanced Security and
are available in all licensed editions of all supported releases of the Oracle database.

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Michael Schmitt <mschmitt_at_uchicago.edu>wrote:

> Unless I am reading that incorrectly, the link provided by Joshua seems to
> suggest it is only included free for customers with RAC license?
>
> "Note that implementing COST restrictions in RAC environments require the
> use of SSL/TLS encryption. Such network encryption features were
> previously only available to customers who were licensed for Oracle
> Advanced Security. However, RAC customers who were previously not licensed
> for Oracle Advanced Security need not be concerned about a licensing
> restriction as Oracle has updated its licensing to allow these customers
> the use of these features (namely SSL and TLS) to protect themselves
> against vulnerability CVE-2012-1675. In other words, Oracle has added
> Oracle Advanced Security SSL/TLS to the Enterprise Edition Real Application
> Clusters (Oracle RAC) and RAC One Node options, and added Oracle Advanced
> Security SSL/TLS to the Oracle Database Standard Edition license when used
> with the Real Application Clusters."
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: Network Encryption Now FREE or so I have been told.
>
> Hi April,
> It was actually backported in 11G because of the "TNS Listener Poison
> Attack" please refer to the link for more details
> https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/security_alert_for_cve_2012
>
> Regards
>
>
>
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> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:32 AM, April Sims <aprilcsims_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was told by our Oracle Sales Rep....that the network encryption
> > (formerly part of the ASO license) is now free! It may be dependent
> > on the Enterprise License.
> > Confirm to make sure.
> >
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