Re: crypting data in an oracle database

From: Pete Sharman <psharman_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:13:07 -0700
Message-ID: <37E65D13.54F471E8@us.oracle.com>

Walter

No-one outside of Oracle and very few people inside of Oracle know the algorithm used by Oracle to encrypt the password. So the answer to your question about using it is no, it can't be done.

Pete

Walter Dorninger wrote:

> My problem:
> I would like to crypted data in an oracle database. e.g. password
>
> My question:
> Is it possible to use the STANDARD crypt mechanism oracle uses by itself to
> hide the password of the users in the database ? e.g. if you query the view
> dba_uses you will get the passwords in crypted format.
> Does anyone of you knows what sort of crypt algorithm ORACLE uses ?
>
> P.S. I don't want to use the translate function ;-)
>
> Thanx
> Walter

Received on Mon Sep 20 1999 - 11:13:07 CDT