I hope you don't mean that you leave the SYS and SYSTEM passwords to the defaults used at database creation time.=20 -----Original Message----- Mary Bahrami I don't need to break into the db; I just leave the default passwords in =3D case I forget. SiteScope is a monitoring tool; the port scan is to see =3D what ports are valid; then we'll set up rules for others. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------