How Oracle Database Uses Transport Layer Security for Authentication

Transport Layer Security works with the core Oracle Database features such as encryption and data access controls.

By using Oracle Database TLS functionality to secure communications between clients and servers, you can

• Use TLS to encrypt the connection between clients and servers

• Authenticate any client or server, such as Oracle Application Server 10g, to any Oracle database server that is configured to communicate over TLS

You can use TLS features by themselves or in combination with other authentication methods supported by Oracle Database. For example, you can use the encryption provided by TLS in combination with the authentication provided by Kerberos. TLS supports any of the following authentication modes:

• Only the server authenticates itself to the client

• Both client and server authenticate themselves to each other

• Neither the client nor the server authenticates itself to the other, thus using the TLS encryption feature by itself

Related Topics

• The TLS Protocol, version 3.0, published by the Internet Engineering Task Force, for a more detailed discussion of TLS