As a result, Oracle8 must offer sufficient security features, and you must implement stringent security policies to protect your company's data. Many users prefer to store data on their workstation hard drive and are reluctant to store this data in a database. Users worry that the data will be less secure if stored in the database. However, the reverse is true. Other users using the workstation or accessing this workstation via a network connection Oracle8 offers better security features than Oracle7.
Passwords can expire, and users can be required to regularly change their password.
Users can be required to use a unique password. Users can be required to use a password that potential intruders cannot easily guess. To support a large amount of data, Oracle8 needed a way to manage that data. A large amount of data generally results in huge tables that quickly become difficult to manage. For example, backing up a large table or recreating an index for a large table can be very slow.