Re: is it ok to tighten up extproc security?

  • From: "Bradd Piontek" <piontekdd@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:12:13 -0600

I"m pretty sure you can check the listener log for any access to the EXTPROC
process as well.

Bradd Piontek
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sounds like everyone's recommending just removing it. Just in case you're
> the one site using extproc callouts, you might want to check dba_libraries
> to see if any have been registered. I'm not positive that an empty
> dba_libraries means that you're in the clear, but I'm pretty sure you'll see
> some obviously custom entries in there if someone has created a library for
> callouts.
>
> I don't believe that Peoplesoft uses any extproc callouts (it sort of
> violates their "database-independent implementation" style).
>
> Of course, you could just comment it out and wait for the phone to ring.
> That's probably what I'd do :).
>
> Dan
>

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