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Benefits of Entrust-Enabled Oracle Advanced Security
F-2 Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide
Benefits of Entrust-Enabled Oracle Advanced Security
Entrust-enabled Oracle Advanced Security provides:
■ Enhanced X.509-Based Authentication and Single Sign-On
■ Integration with Entrust Authority Key Management
■ Integration with Entrust Authority Certificate Revocation
Enhanced X.509-Based Authentication and Single Sign-On
Entrust-enabled Oracle Advanced Security supports the use of Entrust credentials
for X.509-based authentication and single sign-on. Instead of using an Oracle wallet
to hold user PKI credentials, Oracle Advanced Security can access PKI credentials
that are created by Entrust Authority and held in an Entrust profile (a.epf file).
Users who have deployed Entrust software within their enterprise are thus able to
use it for authentication and single sign-on to Oracle Database.
Integration with Entrust Authority Key Management
Entrust-enabled Oracle Advanced Security uses the extensive key management and
rollover functionality provided by Entrust Authority, which shields users from the
complexity of a PKI deployment. For example, users are automatically notified
when their certificates are expiring, and certificates are reissued according to
preferences that administrators can configure.
Integration with Entrust Authority Certificate Revocation
Entrust provides a certificate authority component, which natively checks certificate
revocation status and enables the revocation of certificates.
Users using Entrust credentials for authentication to Oracle are assured that the
revocation status of the certificate is checked, and connections are prevented if the
certificate is revoked.
Note:
■ Oracle Advanced Security has been certified as Entrust-Ready
by Entrust, Inc., as of Release 8.1.7.
■ See Also: http://www.entrust.com