Oracle Net8 Assistant HELPOracle Net8 Assistant HELP Contents
The following Net8 features and components are available to configure and/or manage using Oracle Net8 Assistant:
Profile
A profile is a collection of parameters that allow a client or server to specify preferences for the use of certain Net8 features.Click on the Profile folder to configure a profile for either a client or server. For more information, click on "Using a Profile".
Service Names
Service Names are simple, easy to remember names commonly used to specify the identity and location of database services on a network. In order to connect to a specific database service, users will specify their username/password and the service name of the database service they wish to connect during any standard database logon process. If you are using neither Oracle Names nor an external naming service, you may configure service names and addresses locally with each client.Double-click on the Service Names folder to configure service names locally. For more information, click on "Using Service Names".
Oracle Names Servers
Oracle Names Servers provide a distributed naming service that helps to simplify the set up and administration of your Oracle network. If you are using Oracle Names, double-click on the Oracle Names Servers folder to configure, manage and operate Names Servers. For more information, click on "Using Oracle Names Servers".Oracle Net8 Assistant HELP contains the following sections:
"Using a Profile"
- Using "Naming Methods"
- Configuring "External" Names
- Using "Oracle Security Server"
- Using "Advanced Networking Options"
- Configuring "Authentication Services Parameters"
- Configuring "Integrity" Parameters
- Configuring "Encryption" Parameters
- Configuring "General" Names Server Features
- Configuring Names Server "Address" Information
- Configuring Names Server "Domains"
- Configuring a "Database" as Repository for Names Server Information
- Configuring "Advanced Options"
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