Advanced security question. The cert I've been issued has a CN value including a "/serial number=<integer>" looks like this: CN=dodah.vt.edu/serialNumber=142 tnsnames might need to look like this: (SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN="CN=dodah.vt.edu/serialNumber=142 ...") or like this: (SSL_SERVER_CERT_DN="CN=dodah.vt.edu ...") Some apps use the /serialNumber and some don't. Anybody know what oracle will do with this? TIA! ============================================================ Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 Tempus fugit 28^D -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l