Changes in This Release

This is a summary of important changes in Oracle AI Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide.

Deprecated Feature

The following is the deprecated feature in Oracle AI Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide for Oracle AI Database Release 26ai.

Deprecation of FIPS parameters

Starting with Oracle AI Database 26ai, several parameters associated with FIPS_140 are deprecated.

FIPS_140 in FIPS.ORA can be used to enable FIPS for all features starting with Oracle AI Database 26ai. The following FIPS parameters are deprecated:

  • SQLNET.ORA: FIPS_140 to enable FIPS for native network encryption
  • FIPS.ORA: SSLFIPS_140 to enable FIPS for TLS
  • Initialization parameter: DBFIPS_140 to enable FIPS for TDE and DBMS_CRYPTO