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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 these topics:

- Overview of Unsupported Features

- Unsupported Parameters

- Unsupported Control Utility Commands

## Overview of Unsupported Features

In an effort to streamline configuration decisions for the Internet, the following subsections describe the features and the configuration file that are no longer being supported:

- Oracle Names

- Identix and SecurID Authentication Methods

- Novell Directory Services (NDS) External Naming and NDS Authentication

- Net8 OPEN

- protocol.ora File

- Prespawned Dedicated Servers

- Protocols

Oracle Names

Oracle Names is no longer supported as a naming method in Oracle Database 10g . You must migrate to directory naming.

See Also: Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide for information about migrating to directory naming

Identix and SecurID Authentication Methods

If you are using Identix or SecurID authentication methods, provided by Oracle Advanced Security, Oracle Corporation recommends migrating to one of the following authentication methods:

- RADIUS

- Kerberos

- SSL

  See Also: Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide

Novell Directory Services (NDS) External Naming and NDS Authentication

Support for NDS as an authentication method and as an external naming method is no longer supported. If you are using NDS as an external naming method, Oracle Corporation recommends using directory naming instead.

Net8 OPEN

Net8 OPEN, which provided an application program interface (API) that enabled programmers to develop both database and non-database applications, is no longer supported.

protocol.ora File

The `protocol.ora` file is no longer supported.

Parameters in the `protocol.ora` file have been merged into the `sqlnet.ora` file. These parameters enable you to configure access control to the database, as well as no delays in TCP/IP buffer flushing. These parameters include:

- TCP.EXCLUDED_NODES

- TCP.INVITED_NODES

- TCP.NODELAY

- TCP.VALIDNODE_CHECKING

  See Also: for a description of these parameters

If you have a `protocol.ora` file in the `$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin` directory on UNIX, and the `ORACLE_HOME``\network\admin` directory on Windows operating systems, Oracle Net Manager, when first started, automatically merges the `protocol.ora` parameters into the `sqlnet.ora` file.

There may be operating system-specific parameters in `protocol.ora` that are node specific. For this reason, Oracle Corporation recommends not sharing `sqlnet.ora` with other nodes after merging or adding these parameters.

Prespawned Dedicated Servers

Prespawned dedicated server processes are no longer supported. Instead, configure shared server to improve scalability and system resource usage.

Protocol s

Protocol addresses using the SPX or LU6.2 protocol must be replaced. Oracle Net provides support for the following network protocols:

- TCP/IP

- TCP/IP with SSL

- Named Pipes

- SDP

  See Also: "Protocol Parameters" for protocol parameter configuration

## Unsupported Parameters

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

Table A-1 Unsupported Networking Parameters

File | Parameter | Description | Last Supported Release
--- | --- | --- | ---
`tnsnames.ora` | `COMMUNITY` | The parameter was a required part of all network service addresses. Thus, it appears anywhere you might find an address (for example, local naming and listener configuration files). | 8.0
`sqlnet.ora` | `AUTOMATIC_IPC` | This parameter was used to force sessions through IPC addresses. Due to performance issues, this parameter has been removed. Configure an IPC address instead. | 8.0
`sqlnet.ora` | `NAMES.DEFAULT_ZONE` | This parameter used to be included in profiles as slight variants of the NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN parameter. | 8.0
`sqlnet.ora` | `NAMES.NDS.NAME.CONTEXT` | This parameter was used to configure naming contexts for NDS external naming. | 8.1
`sqlnet.ora` | `OSS.SOURCE_MY_WALLET` | This parameter's name has changed to WALLET_LOCATION. | 8.1
`sqlnet.ora` | `SQLNET.CRYPTO_SEED` | This parameter was used to seed a random number generator for Oracle Advanced Security. In 10i, Oracle Advanced Security uses a random number generator that does not to require a user-supplied seed value. | 9.2
`sqlnet.ora` | `SQLNET.IDENTIX_FINGERPRINT_DATABASE` `SQLNET.IDENTIX_FINGERPRINT_DATABASE_USER` `SQLNET.IDENTIX_FINGERPRINT_DATABASE_PASSWORD` `SQLNET.IDENTIX_FINGERPRINT_METHOD` | These parameters supported the Identix authentication method. | 8.1
`listener.ora` | `CONNECT_TIMEOUT` | This parameter specified the amount of time that the listener waited for a client's request after the transport connection had been established. Use the INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_listener_name parameter. | 8.1
`listener.ora` | `PRESPAWN_DESC` `PRESPAWN_LIST` `PRESPAWN_MAX` | These parameters were used for prespawned dedicated server configuration. Prespawned dedicated servers are no longer supported. Use shared server instead. | 8.1
`listener.ora` | `USE_PLUG_AND_PLAY_``listener_name` | This parameter instructed the listener to register database information with an Oracle Names server during startup. | 8.1
`names.ora` | All parameters | Oracle Names is no longer supported. | 9.2

## Unsupported Control Utility Commands

Table A-2 describes the control utility commands not supported in release 9.0.

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
Listener Control Utility | `DBSNMP_START` `DBSNMP_STATUS` `DBSNAMP_STOP` | These commands controlled the Oracle Intelligent Agent for use with Oracle Enterprise Manager. You can now control the Oracle Intelligent Agent through the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console. | 8.1
Listener Control Utility | `SET CONNECT_TIMEOUT` `SHOW CONNECT_TIMEOUT` | These commands specified the amount of time that the listener waited for a client's request after the transport connection had been established. | 8.1
Listener Control Utility | `SET USE_PLUGANDPLAY` `SHOW USE_PLUGANDPLAY` | These commands instructed the listener to register database information with an Oracle Names server. | 8.1