Transparent Network Substrate
title: "Transparent Network Substrate" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["oracle-corporation", "network-protocols", "oracle-software"] topic_path: "technology/networking" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_Network_Substrate" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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. Some details have, however, been reverse engineered.
References
References
- (2008-02-03). "Wire-Level Network Protocol Specification for Oracle?".
- iphelix. (2008-07-01). "oracle tns listener".
- "Files · master · Wireshark Foundation / Wireshark".
- iphelix. (2008-07-01). "oracle tns protocol".
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