Indeed, there are plenty of network encryption options, but as far as Oracle network traffic encryption, ASO is the way to do it. <shameless Tom Kyte paraphrase> Regarding DBMS_CRYPTO vs TDE, if you're running EE, the license cost is *probably* lower than the cost of learning the ropes of DBMS_CRYPTO, building packages to encrypt/decrypt data, and updating your applications to use the encryption/decryption logic. If you're running SE and have a small, focused encryption project, then DMBS_CRYPTO works quite nicely.</shameless Tom Kyte paraphrase> Thanks, T. J. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hans Forbrich Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:56 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: encryption On 19/03/2013 9:46 AM, TJ Kiernan wrote: > If you're looking to encrypt SQL*Net traffic, you're going to need Advanced > Security, which IIRC costs 1/4 a license (and EE). > Or you could go ssh tunneling. Look at http://www.petefinnigan.com/orasec.htm and search for SSH to get to some interesting papers. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l