Why Oracle 23ai from Exadata? With Oracle Database 23ai being postponed to a later date (“tba”) in November 2024, and many people not being part of the Oracle Beta Program, it might be useful to install a regular database 23ai (not the Developer Free Edition), but of course for testing purposes only! This has to […]
Year: 2024
New Oracle User Group ora2know – not DOAG
What is ora2know? One week ago, on November 18, 2024 we founded ora2know, the new German Oracle User Group. The focus of the new group is the Oracle Database and its users. If you like to participate and/or attend our meetings, please register with our newsletter! We want to do community-style meetings, one-day events, hacking […]
Pictures and Download DOAG 2024 talks
Die largest Oracle Conference in Germany is DOAG Conference + Exhibition in November. It’s always the hotspot for the whois-who in the Oracle landscape. I had the chance to present three talks one of them with Axel vom Stein, Oracle ACE Pro, working with our valued customer BSS Bohnenberg, Solingen. Talks at DOAG 2024 Three talks, all […]
Oracle Linux 8/RHEL8: Lock User After Failed Login Attempts with Faillock
Many security audits and checklists like the ones supplied by CIS or DISA STIG require locking user accounts after a number of unsuccessful login attempts. In Linux, this is usually achieved by using faillock / pam_faillock.so. Using PAM PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is the flexible framework in modern Linux to customize the authentication and login […]