To see if your current session is using SSL/TLS, try this: select sys_context('USERENV','NETWORK_PROTOCOL') from dual; It should return 'TCPS'. I guess that doesn't guarantee that it's encrypted, but it's a good sign. My second test would be to do a packet capture to verify that the traffic was illegible, and it looks like you already did that. On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > besides tcpdump, is there a way to confirm a connection is being > encrypted via ssl? anything in v$session? Thanks. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- Jason Heinrich