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XCCDF
Oracle Database 11.2g Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363
Remote database or other external access must use fully-qualified names.
Remote database or other external access must use fully-qualified names.
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Remote database or other external access must use fully-qualified names.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The Oracle GLOBAL_NAMES parameter is used to set the requirement for database link names to be the same name as the remote database whose connection they define. By using the same name for both, ambiguity is avoided and unauthorized or unintended connections to remote databases are less likely.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>