User's Manual

Glossary-5
client
A client relies on a service. A client can sometimes be a user, sometimes a process
acting on behalf of the user during a database link (sometimes called a proxy).
confidentiality
A function of cryptography. Confidentiality guarantees that only the intended
recipient(s) of a message can view the message (decrypt the ciphertext).
connect descriptor
A specially formatted description of the destination for a network connection. A
connect descriptor contains destination service and network route information. The
destination service is indicated by using its service name for Oracle9i or Oracle8i
databases or its Oracle system identifier (SID) for Oracle databases version 8.0. The
network route provides, at a minimum, the location of the listener through use of a
network address. See connect identifier
connect identifier
A connect descriptor or a name that maps to a connect descriptor. A connect
identifier can be a net service name, database service name, or net service alias.
Users initiate a connect request by passing a username and password along with a
connect identifier in a connect string for the service to which they wish to connect:
CONNECT username/password@connect_identifier
connect string
Information the user passes to a service to connect, such as username, password
and net service name. For example:
CONNECT username/password@net_service_name
credentials
A username, password, or certificate used to gain access to the database.
CRL
See certificate revocation lists
CRL Distribution Point
(CRL DP) An optional extension specified by the X.509 version 3 certificate
standard, which indicates the location of the Partitioned CRL where revocation
information for a certificate is stored. Typically, the value in this extension is in the