|
[oracle-l]
||
[Date Prev]
[06-2004 Date Index]
[Date Next]
||
[Thread Prev]
[06-2004 Thread Index]
[Thread Next]
Re: corrupting a block
- From: Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:16:00 +1000
Mladen Gogala allegedly said,on my timestamp of 1/06/2004 11:17 PM:
On 06/01/2004 07:48:05 AM, Pete Finnigan wrote:
BBED is no longer shipped with an Oracle distribution, since 9iR2 i
believe, it was removed as its a dangerous tool in the wrong hands.
I haven't checked, but I do understand the decision to omit it. Nevertheless,
I strongly object to publishing passwords just like that. I may seem like a
stickler
for details and a very anal person, but this was completely unacceptable to me.
what I fail to understand is how removing a binary editor
from distribution is gonna stop anyone with access to a Posix-like
system and a C compiler from rolling their own. It's not like
it's a major brainstorm to get one going and the source can be found
just about all over the place. IIRC, there used to be one included
natively in Unix/Linux: not rocket science to do some custom mods.
A bit of a knee-jerk reaction from Oracle, I reckon. Still I agree:
passwords shouldn't be mentioned in public, no matter what.
--
Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----------------------------------------------------------------
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
----------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line.
--
Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/
FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
