8.1 Securing Access to Oracle GoldenGate Veridata

Oracle GoldenGate Veridata provides a safe, secure environment for your business data by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and plain socket communications. You can control your security by managing passwords and encrypting the report files.

Veridata 23c does not support Active Directory.

For more information on the access permissions for different user roles, see Users.

• Overview of Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Security
  
• Configuring SSL Connection between Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server and Agents
  

8.1.1 Overview of Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Security

When using Oracle GoldenGate Veridata you select, view, and store data values from the tables or files of your business applications. Ensure to protect access to the following components:

• Files, programs, and directories in the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata installation directories
• Data files that contain the results of data comparisons
• Oracle GoldenGate Veridata web user interface, where data values can be viewed

8.1.2 Configuring SSL Connection between Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server and Agents

Oracle GoldenGate Veridata supports SSL communication between Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server and multiple Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Agents that are connected over a network. This section describes how to configure SSL between the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata server and the agents.

In SSL scenario, the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata server is considered the SSL Client and the agents are considered the SSL Servers. The server and the agents authenticate each other's identity. The data exchanged between the server and agent is also encrypted.

Oracle GoldenGate Veridata supports Two-Way SSL connections.