Autonomous Database
Identity and Access Management Integration with Oracle Autonomous Cloud Databases
You can now log in to additional Oracle Database Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) DBaaS platforms by using an Identity and Access Management (IAM) password or a token-based authentication. It's possible to log in to these databases by using these IAM credentials from tools, such as SQL*Plus or SQLcl.
This feature improves security through centralized management of credentials for OCI DBaaS database instances.
ODP.NET: Oracle Identity and Access Management
ODP.NET supports Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM) cloud service for unified identity across Oracle cloud services, including Oracle Cloud Database Services. ODP.NET can use the same Oracle IAM credentials for authentication and authorization to the Oracle Cloud and Oracle cloud databases, now with IAM SSO tokens. This feature is available in ODP.NET Core and managed ODP.NET.
This capability allows single sign-on and for identity to be propagated to all services Oracle IAM supports including federated users via Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Active Directory (on-premises). A unified identity makes user management and account management easier for administrators and end users.
Oracle Client Increased Database Password Length
Starting with this release, Oracle Database and client drivers support passwords up to 1024 bytes in length.
The Oracle Database and client password length has been increased to 1024 bytes, up from 30 bytes, to allow users to set longer passwords if needed. The maximum number of characters is based on the character set used since some characters are larger than one byte.