In this howto: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/htmldb/howtos/how_to_ldap_authenticate.html there is a link for "software requirements" that goes to /dev/null. Anybody know how this works, is advanced security product required? I don't see how the standard shared secret/net8 encryption would work. ============================================================ Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 Tempus fugit 28^D -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l