Pete Finnigan's Oracle security weblog http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/entries PeteFinnigan.com's weblog is the only weblog dedicated to Oracle security. Copyright PeteFinnigan.com Ltd 2005, All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Pete Finnigan's Oracle security weblog http://www.petefinnigan.com/images/company_logo_1.gif http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/entries 144 Oracle TDE and Oracle ACE and Website http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001577.htm Firstly I was very pleased to announce that I have been made an Oracle ACE Pro again for the year to come. I just received the Oracle ACE tee shirt, polo shirt, jacket and of course the ACE Certificate. The....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001577.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 03/10/24 At 10:44 AM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001577.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 What Should you do if your Oracle Database is Hacked or Breached? http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001576.htm It has been a while since my last blog post as we have been incredibly busy here with customers work, new versions of our products and from a personal point of view moving house. I just got an email from....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001576.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 19/09/24 At 12:27 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001576.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Would you Pay to Speak at a Conference? http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001575.htm I was approached by a lady on LinkedIn a few weeks ago to ask me if I would speak at a conference in another country. I said that I was interested and asked for more details and importantly do they....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001575.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 28/08/24 At 09:24 AM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001575.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Passwords in Scripts and Environment Variables http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001574.htm There was a post a few days ago on LinkedIn by Johannes Michler about easily passing passwords to adop via a shell script when patching E-Business Suite. This script sets the password for the E-Business Suite APPS user, SYSTEM and....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001574.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 28/08/24 At 09:24 AM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001574.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Searching Base64 Encoded text for a clear text string http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001573.htm I had an issue to solve where I needed to find if some base64 encoded text included a clear text string which was of course encoded in the source data. I needed to search hundreds of XML files where some....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001573.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 12/08/24 At 07:50 AM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001573.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Write An Interpreter in PL/SQL - Adding More Features http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001572.htm Just a short post about the PL/SQL parser and interpreter that I have been developing. As I have said in recent posts I am going to release a set of articles about the development of this interpreter in PL/SQL. I....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001572.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 01/08/24 At 01:01 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001572.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Can We Remove IF Statements from PL/SQL? http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001571.htm I like PL/SQL and I am always playing around with it or writing tools for use in security audits in PL/SQL or trying to do things that are not normal with PL/SQL such as writing an interpreter. One thing I....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001571.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 26/07/24 At 09:22 AM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001571.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Protect and Secure Your PL/SQL Code http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001570.htm Do you develop PL/SQL? Is your Oracle PL/SQL protected? My name is Pete Finnigan and in the next few minutes I will show you how you can protect you PL/SQL investment from theft. We can: Stop people stealing your ideas....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001570.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 23/07/24 At 03:14 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001570.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100 Extreme PL/SQL - An Interpreter for a Simple Language http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001569.htm I talked at a high level a few weeks ago about Extreme PL/SQL and gave a brief look at an interpreter I have been creating for a simple language based on BASIC. I have been keeping notes in a Word....<a href="http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001569.htm">[Read More]</a> <p>Posted by Pete On 17/07/24 At 12:00 PM</p> http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00001569.htm Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:46:04 +0100