How can I check whether OracleAdvancedSecurityOption is installed?

How can I check whether OracleAdvancedSecurityOption is installed?

How can I check whether Oracle Advanced Security Option is installed?

Source:
How To Check if Oracle Advanced Security Option is Installed? (Documentation ID 549989.1)

Applicable:
Advanced Networking Option-Version 9.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 9.2 to 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Checked for relevance on 12-Jun-2013

Objectives:
How can I check whether Oracle Advanced Security Option is installed?

Solution:
From Oracle 8i, ASO ships with Enterprise Edition release of Oracle. In Oracle 8.0 and earlier versions, ASO was in a separate CD.
OUI Enterprise Edition installation includes ASO option. To use the ASO feature, the ASO must be installed on both the client and server. The ASO must be used in the Enterprise Edition Software and require license.

On unix and windows platforms, you can check through "installed products" in OUI ($ ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin/runInstaller), as shown in:

On the unix platform, you can use the adapters command to check:

[oracle@hosta ~]$ which adapters/u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/adapters[oracle@hosta ~]$ adaptersInstalled Oracle Net transport protocols are:    IPC    BEQ    TCP/IP    SSL    RAW    SDP/IBInstalled Oracle Net naming methods are:    Local Naming (tnsnames.ora)    Oracle Directory Naming    Oracle Host Naming   Error!!!   Oracle Names Server Naming is not completely installed!Installed Oracle Advanced Security options are:    RC4 40-bit encryption    RC4 56-bit encryption    RC4 128-bit encryption    RC4 256-bit encryption    DES40 40-bit encryption    DES 56-bit encryption    3DES 112-bit encryption    3DES 168-bit encryption    AES 128-bit encryption    AES 192-bit encryption    AES 256-bit encryption    MD5 crypto-checksumming    SHA-1 crypto-checksumming    Kerberos v5 authentication    RADIUS authentication[oracle@hosta ~]$ 

 

Please note the line Error!!! Oracle Names Server Naming is not completely installed! is expected behavior for the adapters command from version 10g onwards. This is due to the fact Oracle Names is no longer shipped.

If after installation, Net Manager does not show Advance Security options, see Note 156345.1 Oracle Net Configuration Tools Do Not Show 'advanced Security'

Oracle product development has decided that starting with Oracle 11g Oracle Advanced Security Option will be installed by default when installing Enterprise Edition . There is no way to uninstall or to install it. The reason behind this is that Oracle Advanced Security Options are integrated at network adapter level and it is not appropriate to tweak network adapters after database installation .