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Setting listener passwords on legacy databases

edited Jun 15, 2018 5:03AM in Database Administration (MOSC) 5 commentsAnswered ✓

Hi all!

It seems that setting listener passwords on 11g and 12c databases is deprecated as per Doc ID 1328725.1. The reason given appears entirely valid in that from not setting a password, there is no "loss of security because authentication is enforced through local operating system authentication". That makes sense, and even more so in my case, setting a password didn't prevent anyone from stopping, starting or modifying listener operation once they had the requisite Windows OS privileges to do so.

So my question is this: a colleague has been asked to set a listener password on a legacy 9i database running on Windows. Does the listener in 9i operate differently to 11g & 12c? Are any advantages conferred in setting a listener password in 9i? Or does the same apply to 9i regarding the local operating system authentication?

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