Changes in This Release for Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting User's Guide

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Versioning of Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting

The version of Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting is based on the version of the Oracle Database Plug-in.

Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting is a part of the Oracle Enterprise Manager's Oracle Database Plug-in. In general, multiple Oracle Database plug-in versions are released during the life cycle of Oracle Enterprise Manager version. For example, Oracle Database Plug-in versions 12.1.0.6 and 12.1.0.7 are released during the life cycle of Oracle Enterprise Manager version 12.1.0.4.

Changes in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting Release 12.1

The following are changes in Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting User's Guide Release 12.1.0.8.

Support for Secure Shell Key-based Host Authentication

Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting supports Secure Shell (SSH) Key-based Host authentication to the target database host. For more information, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Security Guide.

Support for Data Masking and Subsetting in Oracle Cloud

Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting provides the ability to model, mask, and subset the databases that are hosted in Oracle Cloud (DBaaS), in addition to the on-premise databases. In order to mask and subset data in Oracle Cloud (DBaaS), you must register the database in Oracle Cloud as a target for Oracle Enterprise Manager. For more information, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.