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Transparent Network Substrate

Transparent Network Substrate (TNS), a proprietary Oracle computer-networking technology, supports homogeneous peer-to-peer connectivity on top of other networking technologies such as TCP/IP, SDP and named pipes. TNS operates mainly for connecting to Oracle databases.

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Transparent Network Substrate (TNS), a proprietary Oracle computer-networking technology, supports homogeneous peer-to-peer connectivity on top of other networking technologies such as TCP/IP, SDP and named pipes. TNS operates mainly for connecting to Oracle databases.

Protocol

TNS uses a proprietary protocol.12 Some details have, however, been reverse engineered.34

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Wire-Level Network Protocol Specification for Oracle?". 2008-02-03. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  2. iphelix (2008-07-01). "oracle tns listener". The Sprawl. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17.
  3. "Files · master · Wireshark Foundation / Wireshark".
  4. iphelix (2008-07-01). "oracle tns protocol". The Sprawl. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22.
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