About Verifying a Remote Database Using Encrypted Passwords

Learn how to verify a remote database using encrypted passwords.

With Oracle Database, the password used to verify a remote database connection is automatically encrypted. Whenever a user attempts a remote login, Oracle Database encrypts the password before sending it to the remote database. If the connection fails, then the failure is noted in the operating system audit log.

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The configuration parameter ORA_ENCRYPT_LOGIN is retained for backward compatibility and is set to true by default.