External password store alias length issue

Question

Environment: HP8420-11i PA-RISC64 UNIX SQLPLUS
Problem: wallets for external passwords with an alias over seven (7) bytes in length is throwing an ORA-01017 error. Six (6) bytes or less function properly. Is this a known issue/bug? Thank you in advance.
Test case: sensitive information has been masked/altered
(hp8420)/user/home >mkstoreBld
===========sqlnet.ora dump===============================
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (TNS)
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES)
WALLET_LOCATION=(SOURCE=(METHOD=FILE) (METHOD_DATA=(DIRECTORY=${HOME}/wallets)))
SQLNET.WALLET_OVERRIDE = TRUE
===========tnsnames.ora dump==============================
1234567 =(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521)
(HOST=app.net.domain.name))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=sit.world)))
12345678 =(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521)
(HOST=app.net.domain.name))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=sit.world)))
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mkstore -wrl /ddbe3/usr/mdfejam/wallets -create
Enter password:
Enter password again:
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mkstore -wrl /ddbe3/usr/mdfejam/wallets -createCredential 12345678 mdfejam xxxxxxxxxx
Enter password:
Create credential oracle.security.client.connect_string1
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mkstore -wrl /ddbe3/usr/mdfejam/wallets -createCredential 1234567 mdfejam xxxxxxxxxx
Enter password:
Create credential oracle.security.client.connect_string2
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mkstore -wrl /ddbe3/usr/mdfejam/wallets -listCredential
Enter password:
List credential (index: connect_string username)
1: 12345678 mdfejam
2: 1234567 mdfejam
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(hp8420)/user/home >sqlplus /@12345678
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jan 23 09:54:32 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
Enter user-name:
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(hp8420)/user/home >sqlplus /@1234567
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jan 23 09:54:42 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning and Data Mining options
SQL> select instance_name from v$instance;
INSTANCE_NAME
sit
SQL> quit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning and Data Mining options
(hp8420)/user/home >
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Answer 1

Hi,
Yes that's right I do want it both ways!
But seriously, you can have the wallet set-up and then connect to a local database by specifying a "<username>/<password>", but if you try just "/" it does not work.
So either the wallet manager should recognise this and pass the authentication on or there has to be a way of adding an entry to the wallet for ops$ type authentication for the local database.
I just wanted to check that I am not missing something obvious, so if I can't have what I want now, I'll pass this on as an enhancement request to Oracle.
Regards
Pete