Configuring Oracle Database Native Network Encryption and Data Integrity

You can configure native Oracle Net Services data encryption and data integrity for both servers and clients.

• About Oracle Database Native Network Encryption and Data Integrity
  Oracle Database enables you to encrypt data that is sent over a network.

• Oracle Database Native Network Encryption Data Integrity
  Encrypting network data provides data privacy so that unauthorized parties cannot view plaintext data as it passes over the network.

• Improving Native Network Encryption Security
  Oracle provides a patch that will strengthen native network encryption security for both Oracle Database servers and clients.

• Data Integrity Algorithms Support
  Data integrity algorithms protect against third-party attacks and message replay attacks. Oracle recommends SHA-2, but maintains SHA-1 (deprecated) and MD5 for backward compatibility.

• Diffie-Hellman Based Key Negotiation
  You can use the Diffie-Hellman key negotiation algorithm to secure data in a multiuser environment.

• Configuration of Data Encryption and Integrity
  Oracle Database native Oracle Net Services encryption and integrity presumes the prior installation of Oracle Net Services.