NETWORK_ACL

Network ACLs and Database Upgrade to Oracle 12c

What has been changed in Oracle Database 12c with Network ACLs?

Starting from 12c, network access control in the Oracle database is implemented using Real Application Security access control lists (ACLs). Existing 11g network ACLs in XDB will be migrated. Existing procedures and functions of the DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN PL/SQL package and catalog views have been deprecated and replaced with new equivalents

In 12c, a network privilege can be granted by appending an access control entry (ACE) to a host ACL using DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.APPEND_HOST_ACE.  If you append an ACE to a host that has no existing host ACL, a new …

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