Allowing oracle db login only to specific application?

Question

We want to allow DB access (Oracle) to our users only through our own application - let\'s call it \"ourTool.exe\", installed locally on the users computers. Currently, the

Answer 1

By default, OCI transmits the calling application EXE name and you can access it by querying v$session:

SELECT  program
FROM    V$SESSION

, which you can do in an AFTER LOGON trigger.

But this can be easily overriden and should not be relied upon.