Preface

Welcome to the Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide for the 11g Release 2 (11.2) of Oracle Advanced Security.

Oracle Advanced Security contains a comprehensive suite of security features that protect enterprise networks and securely extend them to the Internet. It provides a single source of integration with multiple network encryption and authentication solutions, single sign-on services, and security protocols.

The Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide describes how to implement, configure and administer Oracle Advanced Security.

This preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Organization

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

The Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide is intended for users and systems professionals involved with the implementation, configuration, and administration of Oracle Advanced Security including:

• Implementation consultants

• System administrators

• Security administrators

• Database administrators (DBAs)

Documentation Accessibility

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Organization

This document contains the following chapters:

Part I, "Getting Started with Oracle Advanced Security"

Chapter 1, "Introduction to Oracle Advanced Security"

This chapter provides an overview of Oracle Advanced Security features provided with this release.

Chapter 2, "Configuration and Administration Tools Overview"

This chapter provides an introduction and overview of Oracle Advanced Security GUI and command-line tools.

Part II, "Data Encryption and Integrity"

Chapter 3, "Securing Stored Data Using Transparent Data Encryption"

This chapter provides an overview of the transparent data encryption feature introduced in Oracle Advanced Security 11g Release 2 (11.2). It describes how to configure and use transparent data encryption services.

Chapter 4, "Configuring Network Data Encryption and Integrity for Oracle Servers and Clients"

This chapter describes how to configure data encryption and integrity within an existing Oracle Net Services 11g Release 2 (11.2) network.

Chapter 5, "Configuring Network Authentication, Encryption, and Integrity for Thin JDBC Clients"

This chapter provides an overview of the Java implementation of Oracle Advanced Security, which lets Thin Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) clients securely connect to Oracle Database databases.

Part III, "Oracle Advanced Security Strong Authentication"

Chapter 6, "Configuring RADIUS Authentication"

This chapter describes how to configure Oracle for use with RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service). It provides an overview of how RADIUS works within an Oracle environment, and describes how to enable RADIUS authentication and accounting. It also introduces the challenge-response user interface that third party vendors can customize to integrate with third party authentication devices.

Chapter 7, "Configuring Kerberos Authentication"

This chapter describes how to configure Oracle for use with MIT Kerberos and provides a brief overview of steps to configure Kerberos to authenticate Oracle users. It also includes a brief section that discusses interoperability between the Oracle Advanced Security Kerberos adapter and a Microsoft KDC.

Chapter 8, "Configuring Secure Sockets Layer Authentication"

This chapter describes how Oracle Advanced Security supports a public key infrastructure (PKI). It includes a discussion of configuring and using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), certificate validation, and hardware security module support features of Oracle Advanced Security.

Chapter 9, "Using Oracle Wallet Manager"

This chapter describes how to use Oracle Wallet Manager to manage Oracle wallets and PKI credentials.

Chapter 10, "Configuring Multiple Authentication Methods and Disabling Oracle Advanced Security"

This chapter describes the authentication methods that can be used with Oracle Advanced Security, and how to use conventional user name and password authentication. It also describes how to configure the network so that Oracle clients can use a specific authentication method, and Oracle servers can accept any method specified.

Part IV, "Appendixes"

Appendix A, "Data Encryption and Integrity Parameters"

This appendix describes Oracle Advanced Security data encryption and integrity configuration parameters.

Appendix B, "Authentication Parameters"

This appendix describes Oracle Advanced Security authentication configuration file parameters.

Appendix C, "Integrating Authentication Devices Using RADIUS"

This appendix explains how third party authentication device vendors can integrate their devices and customize the graphical user interface used in RADIUS challenge-response authentication.

Appendix D, "Oracle Advanced Security FIPS 140-1 Settings"

This appendix describes the sqlnet.ora configuration parameters required to comply with the FIPS 140-1 Level 2 evaluated configuration.

Appendix E, "Oracle Advanced Security FIPS 140-2 Settings"

This appendix describes the configuration parameters required to comply with the FIPS 140-2 Level 2 evaluated configuration.

Appendix F, "orapki Utility"

This appendix provides the syntax for the orapki command line utility. This utility must be used to manage certificate revocation lists (CRLs). You can also use this utility to create and manage Oracle wallets; create certificate requests, signed certificates, and user certificates for testing purposes; and to export certificates and certificate requests from Oracle wallets.

Appendix G, "Entrust-Enabled SSL Authentication"

This appendix describes how to configure and use Entrust-enabled Oracle Advanced Security for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication.

Glossary

Related Documentation

For more information, refer to these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity User's Guide

• Oracle Database JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference

• Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Security Guide

Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

To download free release notes, installation documentation, white papers, or other collateral, please visit the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). You must register online before using OTN; registration is free and can be done at

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/index.html

If you already have a user name and password for OTN, then you can go directly to the documentation section of the OTN Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/index.html

For information from third-party vendors, refer to:

• ACE/Server Administration Manual, from Security Dynamics

• ACE/Server Client for UNIX, from Security Dynamics

• ACE/Server Installation Manual, from Security Dynamics

• RADIUS Administrator's Guide

• Notes about building and installing Kerberos from Kerberos version 5 source distribution

• Entrust/PKI for Oracle

• Administering Entrust/PKI on UNIX

• Application Environment Specification/Distributed Computing

For conceptual information about the network security technologies supported by Oracle Advanced Security, you can refer to the following third-party publications:

• Applied Cryptography, Second Edition: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C by Bruce Schneier. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

• SSL & TLS Essentials: Securing the Web by Stephen A. Thomas. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.

• Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services by Timothy A. Howes, Ph.D., Mark C. Smith, and Gordon S. Good . Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 1999.

• Understanding Public-Key Infrastructure: Concepts, Standards, and Deployment Considerations by Carlisle Adams and Steve Lloyd. Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 1999.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: