Narasimha Gangaiah wrote: > Greetings, > > I am writing a web application using PHP. I want to use PEAR::DB to connect > to user database. > I want the connection to be secured using SSL. > > Does oci8.sl (php oracle dblibrary) support SSL connection to Oracle Server > ? > > I know we can securely connect to MYSQL server using PEAR::DB && SSL. > Is it possible to estable secure connection to oracle server using PHP ? > > Best Regards > Simha > The network protocols used by Oracle can encrypt and/or checksum data transfers between Oracle library calls in PHP's oci8 extension and the database server. See http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B12037_01/network.101/b10772/asoconfg.htm#1006342 The useful bits are at the bottom of that page where the sample sqlnet.ora files are given (just above tables 3-2 and 3-3). In effect all you need to do is add a couple of configuration lines and restart the network listener to get encrypted traffic. Check your license too: the Advanced Security Option (ASO) is probably a separately licensble product. Chris -- Christopher Jones, Oracle Email: christopher.jones@xxxxxxxxxx Tel: +1 650 506 8630 Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ Free PHP Book: http://tinyurl.com/f8jad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
