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Summary
In this chapter we have explored some practical usages of the Oracle Wallet Manager
as a keystone to provide encryption services for RMAN backups. This allows the
DBA to protect data confidentiality in case a backup is taken.
On the other side, working in an environment where users are centrally
authenticated once against a Single Sign On security server means the database must
be properly configured. There are several tools involved in this process;
Network
Coniguration
Assistant
(
NETCA
) which assists the DBA in configuring the files to
find the LDAP server,
Enterprise
Security
Manager
(
ESM
) to create and manage
enterprise users and roles and
Database
Coniguration
Assistant
(
DBCA
) which
was used to register the database against the LDAP server.
Once the environment has been properly configured and the user has been globally
provisioned, they do not need to be locally authenticated for each database,
providing a scalable solution for user management. In the demonstration, you saw
how to orchestrate a complete security solution to centrally manage and authenticate
users, and how each tool takes part in this security strategy.
In the next chapter, we will further discuss the DBCA, a key tool which has
several uses, including enabling you to manage the initial database configuration
more efficiently.
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