10-29-2005, 04:07 PM
Quote:Passwords that limit access to Oracle databases can be cracked with off-the-shelf hardware, a pair of security researchers claimed in a recently published paper.
...the password algorithm Oracle uses is weak -- Oracle doesn't preserve the case of the password, for example -- and provides attackers several ways to break into databases.
full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20051029/tc_cmp/172901453