How to prevent users from cookie reply attacks, especially reading cookie contents from Java Script?

Today, I read a small note on OAM encrypted cookie and I thought to share it. Everyone is concerned about the security when they are accessing banking or any other secured applications though it is surrounded by Oracle Access Manager. Most often the problem arises with Cookie Reply attacks and it happens to be in […]

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“There is an error. Please Try again. configureWebGateMsg.xml: No such file or directory” error while installing Apache22 WebGate

I was trying to install an Apache 2.2 WebGate on Windows server and suddenly an error popped up after entering WebGate specific details. The error is There is an error. Please Try again. configureWebGateMsg.xml: No such file or directory I just tried to skip that section and pointed the httpd.conf of Apache Server. When I […]

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How to install Oracle WebCenter 11.1.1.4 (11gR1 PS3)

  This post contains high level steps to install Oracle WebCenter 11.1.1.4 . If you are new to Oracle Fusion Middleware then first check FMW concepts for apps dba’s , Domain, Admin & Managed Server in WebLogic and Repository Creation Utility in FMW . WebCenter 11g R1 PS3 (11.1.1.4) is a java application deployed on WebLogic […]

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Oracle SSO Failure – Unable to process request error while accessing BPEL worklist integrated with OSSO

This is purely a BPEL worklist and OSSO integration issue. To know more about the integration aspects, check this. While registering the SOA application with OSSO, we specified the fully qualified hostname  as hostname.domain.com:7777 as shown below. ./ssoreg.sh -oracle_home_path $ORACLE_HOME -site_name hostname.oracle.com:7777 -config_mod_osso TRUE -mod_osso_url  http://hostname.oracle.com:7777 -remote_midtier -config_file $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/conf/osso/worklist/osso.conf -sso_partner_version v1.4 The osso.conf gets generated […]

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OIDDAS console looping while logging in

We were trying to sort out OIDDAS console login issue for a long time. Tired of troubleshooting as we could not find the root cause. However, we could see the below messages generating in OC4J logs unremittingly. <diagnostic> sessionId=c0a80b2e30d56d2985ead25746d7955fcbb30f13c0a0 sourcePageName=oiddashome sourcePageEventName=ssologin destinationPageName=OSSO_4LOGIN stamp=1301412378117 duration=0 </diagnostic> 11/03/29 20:56:18 [info] diagnostic record for the current request: <diagnostic> […]

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Oracle Enterprise Content Management (ECM) 11g Installation Overview : UCM/ IBR/ IPM/ IRM/ URM

This post covers quick overview of Oracle Enterprise Content Management (ECM) 11g installation. . .  Oracle Enterprise Content Management (ECM) 11g consists of following products Universal Content Management (UCM) 11g includes content server Inbound Refinery (IBR) 11g – conversion server to convert documents, images and videos Image and Process Management (I/PM) 11g – framework of […]

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Access Server Exception:Error:Invalid document structure

Today I faced an error while restart the access server.  First I have seen an Oracle Access manager operation error while access the protected url. I thought this error occurring because of access server was down. So I’m tried to restart the access server but it’s not coming up. Below error I have seen while […]

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Install Oracle Identity Management (OIM/IDM) 11.1.1.4 – OID / OVD / OIF : High Level Steps

This post covers high level steps to install Oracle Identity Management (OIM) 11.1.1.4 (11gR1 PS3) which covers Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD) and Oracle Identity Federation (OIF). For full list of all Oracle Identity Management products click here . Key Points for Oracle Identity Management Installation 1.There are two executable/installers for Oracle […]

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WebLogic Kerberos (SSO) Authentication Issue : Error 401 Forbidden : No Configuration was registered that can handle the configuration named com. sun. security. jgss. krb5. accept

 I recently configured Kerberos (Single Sign-On) in WebLogic using steps mentioned  here, While accessing application using Active Directory account received error “Error 401 – Forbidden” . This post covers steps I did to troubleshoot this issue. To see various different ways to configure Single Sign-On with WebLogic check Chris Johnson’s post here  . For step by step Kerberos Configuration for […]

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Registering Database with OID : Directory does not contain the required Oracle Schema or Schema version is not correct

In my previous post, I discussed about Enterprise User Security  , This post covers issue I faced during Oracle Database Registration with LDAP Server (Oracle Internet Directory – OID) Issue 1: In Order to configure Oracle Database with Oracle Internet Directory, LDAP should be as one of name resolution methods (Other methods are TNSNAMES, EZECONNECT… […]

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