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Password History – Reusing a password

Posted on May 25, 2011 by marcel

By setting either one or both the profile limits PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX or PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME are set to anything other than UNLIMITED, Oracle somewhere keeps a history of passwords used by a user. This password history is stored in a table with the … Continue reading →

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Password Hashes

Posted on March 10, 2011 by marcel

Within Oracle databases passwords get hashed. When, for example, you create a new account or change the password of an account, the specified clear-text password gets hashed. This hash value is stored in the database with the account. Once hashed … Continue reading →

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