Oracle Advanced Security Option and Kerberos

[Craig Huckabee]

Douglas E. Engert wrote:

> Your assessment of Oracle support appears to be what we are hearing as 
> well.
> Which is too bad, is it does not look like it would take to much to make
> it work better.
> 
> Are you interested in pursuing additional changes, if we can get enough
> different organizations to complain?
> 

   We're very interested - the Navy has an enterprise license to use 
Oracle, thus many DoD/Navy commands such as ours are being directed to 
use it when a database is called for.

   I also got a laugh when our Oracle sales representative told us we 
would be 'unsupported' if we chose to use their products with Kerberos 
(specifically their OID and portal products).  I had to explain that 
their Active Directory integration they were touting so highly depended 
on a key component of AD, namely Kerberos.  Ridiculous.

   --Craig


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