Hey Jared, I thought that OID was only included with Oracle for Names resolution (ie. as the direct successor to ONames), but authentication still required an additional purchase. A quick search of the archives seems to agree: //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/10-2005/msg00793.html Am I missing a followup message? I'm going through Oracle's pricing structure now, but that's gonna take awhile... ;) Rich -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:08 PM To: rgramolini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: user authentication without OID Ruth, You do not need to license OAS to use OID. OID is free to use with Oracle licensing. Search the Oracle-L archives, as this has been discussed here before, and search oracle.com. Jared