Hi everyone,

This is just FYI for those who use an Oracle database: the JDBC thin 
driver (the Oracle JDBC type 4 driver, 100% Java) now supports kerberos 
authentication with the database (new in 11gR1). In 11.2.0.2, we've also 
added support for Kerberos forwardable tickets.

Regards,
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Jean de Lavarene
Oracle JDBC dev team