5 posts tagged with "authentication"

Since Oracle Application Express (APEX) version 18.1, application developers are able to easily integrate OAuth2-based authentication using many popular identity providers including Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Morten Braten, Anton Nielsen and I have previously written on this subject.

• APEX Authentication with Microsoft account
• Oracle APEX Social Sign-On with Microsoft Azure
• Oracle APEX Less Social Sign-On with MS Azure and Office 365
• APEX Social Sign-In Without a Wallet

Starting May 2019, Microsoft is changing how developers manage their OAuth2 application registrations.

Updated November 18, 2018 Added a help utility to populate an Oracle Wallet with root certificates

Oracle Database 18c Express Edition comes with a usable Oracle Wallet. In a previous article, I had described how to:

1. Obtain the certificates necessary to make a successful SSL/TLS connection.
2. Create and add these certificates to the Oracle Wallet.
3. Configure the APEX instance to use the wallet.

Someone had asked in the comments, what certificates were necessary for Social Sign-in in Oracle Application Express (APEX) to work. It's something that I think most of us would like to know too, so I did a little more digging and here's what I found for three of the more popular social platforms: Google, Facebook and Microsoft.

Authentication is an essential component of any enterprise application. These days though, it isn't enough to protect your applications with only a username and password. These are easily stolen by key loggers, sniffing non-encrypted HTTP traffic, phishing, hacked Internet services and the list goes on. To make matters worse, many users have a poor habit of reusing passwords that thieves then use to penetrate other systems. I have had my fair share of that experience.

The question is, can we implement two-factor authentication (TFA) in Oracle Application Express (APEX)?

Updated June 4, 2018

• Added settings for social sign-in with Microsoft OAuth2.

The much anticipated Oracle Application Express version 18.1 was announced on May 24, 2018. Since early this year Monty Latiolais has been posting a monthly series of blog posts on Power Ranking Oracle APEX 18.1 New Features. My personal favourite is Social Login, but unfortunately it never made it to the top, even though it should!

ICYMI, early access for Oracle Application Express was opened for workspace requests erlier this month. Like every other APEX fan out there, I was of course eager to get my hands dirty. Guess what was the first upcoming feature I took for a test drive?