Chapter 1. Oracle's Network Architecture and Products Net8 is the fundamental networking technology that allows Oracle services and clients to communicate with each other over a network. The most common application for Net8 is to allow clients to talk to database servers, but Net8 also enables server-to-server and other types of communication, as shown in Figure 1.1. Figure 1.1. Net8 enables communication between many Oracle services and applications In this chapter, you'll learn about Oracle's architectural goals for Net8. You'll also learn about the major components that make up Net8. Some of these components are behind-the-scenes in that they are only used by the Net8 communications stack. Others are management tools that you invoke directly. | | Net8 was originally named SQL*Net. When Oracle8 was released, Oracle changed the name to Net8. | | |