Re: Oracle wallets

Wallets have never been a paid option as far as I can remember.

Some features which are using wallets on the other hand are - for example TDE to encrypt data in databases, and up to a few years ago TLS encryption for Oracle Net has been a part of Advanced Security but is now free (perhaps this is what you mean?)

Stefan

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:17 AM, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I installed Oracle 18c on one of my virtual machines. Here is the output
> of the "lsnrctl status":
>
> LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 18.0.0.0.0 - Production on 27-AUG-2018 14:08:50
>
> Copyright (c) 1991, 2018, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
> Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=ora18c)(
> PORT=1521)))
> STATUS of the LISTENER
> ------------------------
> Alias LISTENER
> Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 18.0.0.0.0 -
> Production
> Start Date 27-AUG-2018 14:08:17
> Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 33 sec
> Trace Level off
> Security ON: Local OS Authentication
> SNMP OFF
> Listener Parameter File /oracle/product/18.0.0/dbhome_
> 1/network/admin/listener.ora
> Listener Log File /oracle/diag/tnslsnr/ora18c/
> listener/alert/log.xml
> Listening Endpoints Summary...
> (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=ora18c.home.com)(PORT=1521)))
> (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
> (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcps)(HOST=ora18c.home.com)(PORT=5500))(
> Security=(my_wallet_directory=/oracle/admin/orcl/xdb_wallet)
> )(Presentation=HTTP)(Session=RAW))
> Services Summary...
> Service "64a52f53a7683286e053cda9e80aed76.home.com" has 1 instance(s).
> Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
> Service "746f25f235024350e0533401a8c0889d.home.com" has 1 instance(s).
> Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
> Service "orcl.home.com" has 1 instance(s).
> Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
> Service "orclXDB.home.com" has 1 instance(s).
> Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
> Service "orclpdb.home.com" has 1 instance(s).
> Instance "orcl", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
> The command completed successfully
> [oracle_at_ora18c admin]$
>
> Wallets are turned on by default, despite not being configured in
> sqlnet.ora. AFAIK, wallets have always been an option which needed to be
> purchased separately. Does it mean that they are included in the EE? I
> found the document where the changes are now described:
>
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-
> database/18/dbimi/release-changes.html#GUID-F3DB8384-
> C4C9-40DF-9C00-3E7786933EE1
>
> It says nothing about having to pay for the wallets. If wallets are now
> free, I'd suggest to Oracle to make partitioning option free as well.
>
> Regards
>
>
> --
> Mladen Gogala
> Database Consultant
> Tel: (347) 321-1217
>
>

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