From the course: Oracle Database 12c: Security
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Authentication an database users - Oracle Database Tutorial
From the course: Oracle Database 12c: Security
Authentication an database users
- [Instructor] Authentication in the context of an Oracle Database is the mechanism through which users identify themselves when opening a connection to the database. Basically, verifying the identity of users in applications that want to access data that is stored in our database is part of the authentication process. Verifying the identity of those incoming connection requests is the first step in securing your Oracle Database and when it comes to designing your Oracle Database security policy and model, tackling user authentication is where you should usually begin. When a user attempts to connect to the Oracle Database, the first step is to confirm the identity of that user. Is he or she who they claim to be? And from a database perspective, we have multiple options of how we can confirm the user's identity. The Oracle Database supports multiple methods of verifying user identities, starting with the most simple…
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