On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Blanchard William < William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Wouldn't they need access to your network in order to access the > listener? I know that you can set up a similar entry in a listener.ora and > remotely access the listener (I did this to prove it) but I was behind the > firewall. I tried from home but wasn't able to access the listener using the > same technique. > Malicious users can exist inside the network. AKA employees This can also happen accidentally, say a DBA copies a listener.ora to his PC for modification, forgets to modify it, then stops the listener. Oops. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist