Setting The Encryption Seed (Optional); Encryption And Data Integrity Negotiations - Oracle Database B10772-01 Administrator's Manual

How To Configure Data Encryption and Integrity
In this scenario, this side of the connection specifies that the security service must be
enabled. The connection fails if the other side specifies REJECTED or if there is no
compatible algorithm on the other side.
Table 3–1
client and server configuration parameters. If either the server or client has specified
REQUIRED, the lack of a common algorithm causes the connection to fail. Otherwise,
if the service is enabled, lack of a common service algorithm results in the service
being disabled.
Table 3–1 Encryption and Data Integrity Negotiations
Client Setting
REJECTED
ACCEPTED
REQUESTED
REQUIRED
REJECTED
ACCEPTED
REQUESTED
REQUIRED
REJECTED
ACCEPTED
REQUESTED
REQUIRED
REJECTED
ACCEPTED
REQUESTED
REQUIRED
1
This value defaults to OFF. Cryptography and data integrity are not enabled until the user changes this parameter by using
Oracle Net Manager or by modifying the sqlnet.ora file.

Setting the Encryption Seed (Optional)

Several seeds are used to generate a random number on the client and on the server.
One of the seeds that can be used is a user-defined encryption seed. This is set with
3-8 Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide
shows whether the security service is enabled, based on a combination of
Server Setting
REJECTED
REJECTED
REJECTED
REJECTED
ACCEPTED
ACCEPTED
ACCEPTED
ACCEPTED
REQUESTED
REQUESTED
REQUESTED
REQUESTED
REQUIRED
REQUIRED
REQUIRED
REQUIRED
Encryption and Data Negotiation
OFF
OFF
OFF
Connection fails
OFF
1
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
Connection fails
ON
ON
ON