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Security Tab
The Security tab allows you to specify your security settings. The fields are optional unless otherwise noted. On this tab, provide values for the options in the following table; then, click Apply.
See "Using Security" for a general description of authentication and encryption and their configuration requirements.
Figure 3. Security tab
The Security Tab of the ODBC Oracle Wire Protocol Driver Setup dialog box
Connection Options: Security
Description
The default user ID that is used to connect to your database. Your ODBC application may override this value or you may override it in the logon dialog box or connection string.
Default: None
Specifies the proxy user ID used for impersonation. The value for Impersonate User determines your identity and permissions when executing queries. When a value is specified for this option, the driver authenticates according to the setting of the Authentication Method option; then, after establishing a connection, the driver attempts to reauthenticate as the destination user. Note that the administrator must grant CONNECT THROUGH permission to the authenticated user in order to impersonate the destination user; otherwise, an error is returned.
Default: None
Specifies the method the driver uses to authenticate the user to the server when a connection is established.
If set to 1 - Encrypt Password, the driver sends the user ID in clear text and an encrypted password to the server for authentication.
If set to 3 - Client Authentication, the driver uses client authentication when establishing a connection. The database server relies on the client to authenticate the user and does not provide additional authentication.
If set to 4 - Kerberos Authentication, the driver uses Kerberos authentication. This method supports both Windows Active Directory Kerberos and MIT Kerberos environments.
When set to 5 - Kerberos with UID & PWD, the driver uses both Kerberos authentication and user ID and password authentication. The driver first authenticates the user using Kerberos. If a user ID and password are specified, the driver reauthenticates using the user name and password supplied. An error is generated if a user ID and password are not specified.
If set to 6 - NTLM, the driver uses NTLMv1 authentication for Windows clients.
If set to 11 - SSL, the driver uses SSL certificate information to authenticate the client with the server when using Oracle Wallet. The User Name and Password options should not be specified. See "Oracle Wallet SSL Authentication" for additional requirements.
If set to 12 - SSL with UID & Password, the driver uses user ID/password and SSL authentication to connect with the server when using Oracle Wallet. See "Oracle Wallet SSL Authentication" for additional requirements.
If set to 14 - Wallet UID & PWD, the driver authenticates to the server using a user ID and password retrieved from Oracle Wallet. See "Oracle Wallet Password Store" for additional requirements.
Default: 1 - Encrypt Password
Specifies the fully-qualified path to the Oracle Wallet file in which your database credential information is stored. When Authentication Method is set to 14 - Wallet UID & PWD, the driver retrieves the database user name and password from this file.
See "Oracle Wallet Password Store" for a complete list of options and settings required for the Oracle Wallet Password Store feature.
Specifies the string value used to identify database credential information stored in an Oracle Wallet. When Authentication Method is set to 14 - Wallet UID & PWD, the driver retrieves the user ID and password associated with the specified value from the wallet and uses them to authenticate to the server. This value provides a method for the correct user ID and password to be retrieved when there are multiple pairs in a wallet.
See "Oracle Wallet Password Store" for a complete list of options and settings required for the Oracle Wallet Password Store feature.
The name of the GSS client library that the driver uses to communicate with the Key Distribution Center (KDC).
Default: native
The method the driver uses to encrypt data sent between the driver and the database server.
If set to 0 - No Encryption, data is not encrypted.
If set to 1 - SSL Auto, data is encrypted using the SSL protocols specified in the Crypto Protocol Version connection option.
Default: 0 - No Encryption
A comma-separated list of the cryptographic protocols to use when SSL is enabled, where the highest version supported by the server is used. If none of the specified protocols are supported by the database server, the connection fails and the driver returns an error.
Default: TLSv1.2,TLSv1.1,TLSv1
If enabled, the driver validates the certificate that is sent by the database server. Any certificate from the server must be issued by a trusted CA in the truststore file. If the Host Name In Certificate option is specified, the driver also validates the certificate using a host name. The Host Name In Certificate option provides additional security against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks by ensuring that the server the driver is connecting to is the server that was requested.
If disabled, the driver does not validate the certificate that is sent by the database server. The driver ignores any truststore information specified by the Trust Store and Trust Store Password options.
Default: Enabled
The absolute path of the truststore file name to be used when SSL is enabled (EncryptionMethod=1) and server authentication is used.
Default: None
Specifies the password that is used to access the truststore file when SSL is enabled (EncryptionMethod=1) and server authentication is used.
Default: None
The absolute path of the keystore file to be used when SSL is enabled (EncryptionMethod=1) and SSL client authentication is enabled on the database server.
Default: None
The password used to access the keystore file when SSL is enabled (EncryptionMethod=1) and SSL client authentication is enabled on the database server.
Default: None
The password used to access the individual keys in the keystore file when SSL is enabled (Encryption Method=1) and SSL client authentication is enabled on the database server. Keys stored in a keystore can be individually password-protected. To extract the key from the keystore, the driver must have the password of the key.
Default: None
A host name for certificate validation when SSL encryption is enabled (EncryptionMethod=1) and validation is enabled (Validate Server Certificate=1).
Default: None
If you finished configuring your driver, proceed to Step 6 in "Data Source Configuration through a GUI (Windows)." Optionally, you can further configure your driver by clicking on the following tabs. The following sections provide details on the fields specific to each configuration tab:
*General tab allows you to configure options that are required for creating a data source.
*Advanced tab allows you to configure advanced behavior.
*Performance tab allows you to specify performance data source settings.
*Failover tab allows you to specify failover data source settings.
*Pooling tab allows you to specify connection pooling settings.
*Bulk tab allows you to specify data source settings for DataDirect Bulk Load.
*Client Monitoring allows you to specify additional data source settings.
*Advanced Security tab allows you to specify settings for Oracle Advanced Security (OAS).
*Proxy tab allows you to specify settings for connecting through an HTTP proxy.