Oracle Unified Directory Access Log Parsing System ALPS
For one of my customers I had to analyse the log files of Oracle Unified Directory from time to time. In particular the access log file. During my research I came across the MOS note 2042620.1 and the Access Log Parsing System or short ALPS….
Oracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement July 2018
Today Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the July 2018 Critical Patch Update. It’s quite a heavy update with not less than 334 security vulnerability fixes across the Oracle products. The Oracle database is relatively prominently represented with 3 security vulnerabilities and a maximal…
Oracle CPU / PSU Pre-Release Announcement July 2018
Today Oracle has published the Pre-Release Announcement for the July 2018 Critical Patch Update. It’s quite a heavy update with not less than 334 security vulnerability fixes across the Oracle products. The Oracle database is relatively prominently represented with 3 security vulnerabilities and a maximal…
DOAG 2018 SIG Security – Oracle Unified Directory on Docker
A couple of days ago I did had the opportunity to give a presentation on Oracle Unified Directory on Docker at the DOAG SIG Security day in Stuttgart. It was a great opportunity to discuss how OUD engineering can be simplified using Docker. As proof…
DOAG 2018 SIG Security – Oracle Unified Directory on Docker
A couple of days ago I did had the opportunity to give a presentation on Oracle Unified Directory on Docker at the DOAG SIG Security day in Stuttgart. It was a great opportunity to discuss how OUD engineering can be simplified using Docker. As proof…
Oracle 18c new Security Features
Today I had the opportunity to give a presentation on Oracle 18c new Security Features at the SOUG day in Baden. It was a great opportunity to discuss the security enhancements in the latest Oracle database release. This release introduces some new security features that…
New version of set_exadata_passwords.sh
A new version of set_exadata_passwords.sh is available on GitHub. With new options and a bugfix for infiniband switches.The new version is now able to change the password only on one kind of component i.e. db nodes. I wrote about a problem with chpasswd on infiniband…
„ALTER USER SYS ACCOUNT LOCK“ – Der Oracle-12.2-DBA sperrt sich selber aus?
Keine Panik, auch der Oracle-12.2-DBA kann sich nicht selbst den Ast absägen, auf dem er sitzt. Aber durch das Sperren des SYS-Acccounts kann er die Datenbank etwas sicherer machen, indem er Remote-Zugriffe als SYS deaktiviert. Wie funktioniert das? Grundlage für … Weiterlesen →
„ALTER USER SYS ACCOUNT LOCK“ – Der Oracle-12.2-DBA sperrt sich selber aus?
Keine Panik, auch der Oracle-12.2-DBA kann sich nicht selbst den Ast absägen, auf dem er sitzt. Aber durch das Sperren des SYS-Acccounts kann er die Datenbank etwas sicherer machen, indem er Remote-Zugriffe als SYS deaktiviert. Wie funktioniert das? Grundlage für diese neue 12.2-Funktionalität ist die…