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Oracle® Database Net Services Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)

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A Features Not Supported in this Release

This appendix describes features no longer supported by Oracle Net Services.

This appendix contains the following topics:

Overview of Unsupported Features

The following section describe the features and the configuration file that are no longer being supported in Oracle Database. This is based on an effort to streamline configuration and use of Oracle Database.

Oracle Names

Oracle Names is not supported as a naming method in Oracle Database 11g. You must migrate to directory naming.

See Also:

Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide for additional information about migrating to directory naming

Unsupported Parameters

Table A-1 describes the networking parameters no longer supported since Oracle9i.

Table A-1 Unsupported Networking Parameters

File Parameter Description Last Supported Release

names.ora

All parameters

Oracle Names is no longer supported.

9.2

sqlnet.ora

SQLNET.CRYPTO_SEED

This parameter was used to seed a random number generator for Oracle Advanced Security. Starting with Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Advanced Security uses a random number generator that does not to require a user-supplied seed value.

9.2


Unsupported Control Utility Commands

Table A-2 describes the control utility commands not supported since Oracle9i.

Table A-2 Unsupported Network Control Utility Commands

Control Utility Commands Description Last Supported Release

Oracle Names Control Utility

All commands

Oracle Names is no longer supported.

9.2