Try using Wireshark. You can pretty easily see the different when network encryption is on versus off. You will see plain text and then a bunch of scrambled data. On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Adric Norris <landstander668@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Is there a good way to check, from within the database, whether or not > database sessions are utilizing network encryption? I know you can look at > the *network_service_banner* column of *v$session_connect_info*, but the > text format makes it difficult to parse effectively... not to mention that > I'm not certain that it's always populated (thinking of JDBC thin clients > here). The databases in question are all 11.2.0.3/11.2.0.4, running > under a combination of Linux X86-64 and Solaris SPARC 64-bit. > > We're thinking of enabling opportunistic network encryption in the near > future, with the goal of it eventually becoming mandatory. I'd therefore > like to be able to identify plaintext sessions from within the database, so > that we have an idea of which applications / groups will need to make > configuration changes. > > Thanx! > > -- > > Awk! Pieces of eight. Pieces of eight. Pieces of seven... ERROR: kernel > panic [parroty error] > >