The way Oracle stores the password in database is using Hash algorithm. We know a technique called enryption for storing the password, but it really not a safe idea to implement encryption for storing the password. Because all that matters in encryption is the “key”, which is used to encrypt the password.

In this short post we will see the difference between encryption and Hashing and how it can be used in Oracle database.

Oracle supports encryption but it doesnt use encryption for storing password. Instead it uses hashing for storing the password.

To read the entire article at its source, please refer to Oracle Password Encryption and Hashing