Configuring Encryption

To configure encryption parameters:

  1. Click the Profile icon.

  2. Choose Advanced Security Option from the drop-down list box.

  3. Click the Encryption tab.

  4. Select either Client or Server from the Encryption drop-down list box.

    Select a value from the Encryption Type drop-down list box to specify the degree of encryption behavior as a client is connecting to a server:

    Accepted:


    		Service will be active if the other side of the connection specifies either "required" or "requested", and there is a compatible algorithm available on the other side; it will otherwise be inactive.


    Rejected:


    		Service must not be active, and the connection will fail if the other side specifies "required".


    Requested:


    		Service will be active if the other side of the connection specifies either "accepted", "required", or "requested", and there is a compatible algorithm available on the other side; it will otherwise be inactive.


    Required:


    		Service must be active, and the connection will fail if the other side specifies "rejected", or if there is no compatible algorithm on the other side.


  5. Enter any valid encryption seed in the Encryption Seed field. The encryption seed specifies the characters used when generating cryptographic keys. This is required when either encryption or checksumming is enabled.

  6. Click on an encryption type from the list of Available Services. Use the < or > buttons to move encryption types to the list of Selected Services from the list of Available Services. The following algorithms are supported by Oracle Advanced Security option:

    DES


    		standard 56 bit key size used domestic only


    RC4_40


    		40 bit key size, used domestic and international


    DES40


    		40 bit key size used domestic and international


    RC4_56


    		56 bit key size used domestic only


    RC4_128


    		128 bit key size used domestic only


  7. Choose Save Network Configuration from the File menu to save changes to SQLNET.ORA in $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin on UNIX or ORACLE_HOME\network\admin on Windows platforms, or choose Save As from the File menu to save under a different file name or path.