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[Tool] OraDep - Oracle Objects dependencies analysing [By] Sam Trest [Description] 
I just came across this fairly new program that has been written to analyse dependencies between objects in the database such as procedures, tables, views etc. The program can produce a hierarchy of dependencies between objects that have been selected to be analysed. It also produces HTML reports and shows the text of the programs where the dependencies occur. The program can also be used to analyse the dependencies between objects in Forms source code and also the database. OK, so what has this got to do with security? - quite a lot. If you are analysing or auditing the objects for security issues in the database a dependency tree is often needed to see the relationships between objects. This is also particularly useful when the object dependencies can be audited at the source code level to see the use of the particular object. A tool like this could save a lot of time when tracking down security issues. Three things i should say about this product, the first is I have not downloaded the program yet to try it, the second is that it is not clear if this program is free or not, hence I have added it to my commercial section. There is a free trial version, hence my assumption that it is commercial although there are no details of commercial pricing. The final point is that I have not looked into this programs market area to see if there are other similar programs and how they compare.
Pete Finnigan - Oracle and Oracle security information
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