Preface

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)

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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.

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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: