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This is the weblog for Pete Finnigan. Pete works in the area of Oracle security and he specialises in auditing Oracle databases for security issues. This weblog is aimed squarely at those interested in the security of their Oracle databases.

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Laurent on hidden parameters



I saw Laurent's post this evening titled "10.2.0.1 hidden parameters" and went for a look as I am always interested in anything undocumented and internal. I do not agree with setting underscore parameters unless Oracle say its OK to do so bu8t I do like to know why they are used and what for. Laurent talks about _kgl_large_heap_warning_threshold and __dg_broker_service_names. The second parameter interests me as it can be used to control a broker service for data guard.