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'''Oracle Advanced Security''' is an extra-cost option for [[Oracle database]] environments. It extends [[Oracle Net Services]] in the field of [[database]] [[computing]] to provide network security, enterprise-user security, and public-key infrastructure security to users of [[Oracle database]]s.<ref>

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'''Oracle Advanced Security''' extends [[Oracle Net Services]] in the field of [[database]] [[computing]] to provide network security, enterprise-user security, and public-key infrastructure security to users of [[Oracle database]]s.<ref>

{{cite book

| last = Greenwald

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| others = David C. Kreines

| title = Oracle in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

| url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=8LNnWzbAOz4C

| accessdate = 2012-08-22

| series = In a Nutshell

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| isbn = 9780596003364

| page = 114

| quote = Oracle Advanced Security provides additionadditional security functionality in three main areas: ''Network security'' [...] ''Enterprise user security'' [...] ''Public key infrastructure security'' [...] Oracle Advanced Security embeds these services in the Oracle Net Services layer [...]

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</ref> and data encryption to users of Oracle databases.

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Network encryption (native network encryption and [[SSL/TLS]]) and strong authentication services ([[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]], PKI, and [[RADIUS]]) are no longer part of Oracle Advanced Security and are available in all licensed editions of all supported releases of the Oracle database.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/license.112/e47877/options.htm#DBLIC143|title=Database Licensing Information}}</ref>

== History ==

Former incarnations of Oracle Advanced Security includeincluded Secure Network Services and Advanced Network Services, dating back to Oracle database Release 7.<ref>

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| url = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B14117_01/network.101/b10777/title.htm

| accessdate = 2012-08-22

| date = December 2003

| publisher = Oracle Corporation

| quote = Oracle has supported encryption of network data through Oracle Advanced Security (formerly known as "Secure Network Services", and then "Advanced Networking Option") since Oracle7.

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== Components ==

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* Oracle Key Vault (OKV) - key management<ref>

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| last1 = Gupta

| first1 = Saurabh K.

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| chapter = 6: Virtual Private Database

| title = Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Hq1KDAAAQBAJ

| year = 2012

| edition = 2

| ___location = Birmingham

| series = Professional experience distilled

| publisher = Packt Publishing Ltd

| publication-date = 2016

| page = 161

| isbn = 9781785282522

| access-date = 2016-07-31

| quote = The Oracle Advanced Security option includes: [...] Oracle Key Vault (OKV): Oracle Key Vault provides a robust key management platform that can be used as the centralized repository of TDE master keys, Oracle wallets, Java key stores, SSH keys, and other security credential files.

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