At Trivadis we do have the TVD-BasEnv™ to standardizes and simplifies the handling of environments for Oracle database and application server landscapes. This inspired me to create something similar for Oracle Unified Directory environments. Although current versions of TVD-BasEnv™ already support OUD and OID environment. I’ve had the situation, where I need some small and […]
Oracle just released the documentation for Oracle 12c Release 2. It seems that most of the new security features are available as discussed in my presentation at DOAG SIG Security in Düsseldorf on the 18th of october. See docs.oracle.com for the documentation bookshelf. Yet a short summary of new security features Encryption TDE Tablespace Live […]
Having a reliable backup solution for your Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) or Enterprise User Security (EUS) Wallets, is beyond discussion. Nevertheless it can happen that you lose or corrupt the Oracle Wallet. With Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), this is really bad luck, because you can not access your encrypted data. Losing an EUS wallet is […]
Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the July 2016 Critical Patch Update. It’s quite a huge update with not less than 276 security vulnerability fixes across the Oracle products. For the Oracle Database itself are 9 security fixes available. Dies ist wiederum eines der größeren Critical Patch Update for databases. It does contain bug […]
Just finished my first presentation at the Trivadis Schwaben-Gipfel in Stuttgart together with Florian van Keulen and Aleksander Widera. It is about the new European General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and some few considerations on its impact on Databases. The slides are available for download . Some impression for the event and my presentation.
Due to a typo I’ve configured the wrong port for the LDAPS connection handler on my OUD instance. But this is actually not a problem and can be corrected easily. First let’s verify the current settings of the LDAPS connection handler. oracle@urania:~/ [oud_eus] dsconfig -h localhost -p 4444 -D "cn=Directory Manager" \ -j $ORACLE_HOME/OUD/config/pwd.txt –trustAll […]
I just had a situation where I had to change the JAVA_HOME for my Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) instance. Although this is quite simple, this blog post serves as my “sticky note”. During the setup of my OUD instance I’ve set the wrong JAVA_HOME. I’ve used JDK 1.8 instead recommended JRE 1.7. OUD does work […]
Since the release of Oracle 12cR1 mid 2013 the network encryption and strong authentication services has been removed from the Oracle Advanced Security Option. Both feature are now available for any licensed editions. Corresponding section in the Oracle Licensing Guide for 11g R2 and 12c R1 has been updated. Network encryption (native network encryption and […]
The 2nd revised edition of the Der Oracle DBA will finally be released in a couple of days. Pre-Orders are already possible. It took quite a while until the publication of this release. Work on the second edition began as early as a year ago. This edition is again written in German and published by […]
Just finished my presentation about Enterprise User Security at the DOAG Datenbank 2016 in Düsseldorf. It is about how to set up and use Enterprise User Security with Oracle Unified Directory. The slides are available for download . Thanks to Florian I can also offer some, ok one “impressions” from my presentation 🙂 As promised […]
Bit more than two weeks ago I finished my presentation about Security Probleme und deren Risikobewertung at the DOAG SIG Security in Mannheim. It is about Database and Data Classification, Risk Assessment and how Risks could be minimized. The slides are available for download .