Part 2: The 32-Bit/64-Bit Drivers : The Oracle Wire Protocol Driver : Advanced Features : Security : Encryption and Data Integrity

Encryption and Data Integrity
To enable support for SSL connections to Oracle, the Oracle database must be configured with the Oracle Advanced Security bundle. This is an option available from Oracle as an add-on to Oracle Enterprise Edition Servers.
The driver also supports encryption and data integrity checks through Oracle Advanced Security. Oracle Advanced Security provides the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), DES, 3DES, and RC4 symmetric cryptosystems for protecting the confidentiality of network traffic.
Encrypting network data provides data privacy so that unauthorized parties cannot view and alter clear text data as it passes over the network. Attacks on intercepted data include data modification and replay attacks.
Because data integrity protection operates independently from the encryption process, you can enable data integrity with or without enabling encryption.

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