PC X Server
Operational Modes
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Standalone X server (traditional)
- Remote session support
- Domain mode (distributes workload and connectivity across multiple tiers)3
Domain Mode Features
- NEW Increased “most recently used” items to 10 in X Administrative Console and X Manager for Domains
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Centralized X client, X server, and X session configuration storage
- Support for multiple authentication types (Windows, PAM, LDAP, internal)
- Performance optimizations for high-latency and low-bandwidth networks
- Join a suspended X session
- Transfer an X session to a different workstation (same or different platform)
- Fault tolerance (resume X sessions lost due to a workstation crash or network outage)
- Load balance X sessions across multiple servers
- Firewall-friendly remote domain connections
X Server Display
- X11 compliance
- Support for multiple X displays and X screen
- X session sharing to multiple users (application and desktop)
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Multiple monitor support
- Negative coordinates support
- Color depths: 1, 4, 8, 24, and 32
- TrueColor, DirectColor, and PseudoColor server visual support
- Support for local and remote window managers, including GNOME, KDE, and CDE
- Backing store and save under support
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
Session and Client Launching
- XDMCP (direct, indirect, and broadcast)
- Extensive client connection options, including SSH, Telnet, rexec, rsh, and rlogin
- Command line options for unique startup scenarios
Copy and Paste
- Copy and paste text and graphics between X clients and local Microsoft Windows applications
- Copy and paste text between X clients
Font Support
- Support for font servers
- Automatic connection to font server
- Support for TrueType, Unicode, and international fonts
- Support for double-byte fonts, including Chinese
- Automatic font substitution
Keyboard and Mouse Support
- Improved processing of multiple clicks within applications on latent connections
- International keyboard support
- Adaptive regional keyboard selection based on system locale setting
- Host keyboard emulation for Sun, HP, IBM, SCO, and DEC (including LK450)
- Keyboard remapping for X client applications
X Extensions Support
- Support for latest relevant X extensions, including RENDER, XFree86 BigFont, and Sync
OpenGL/GLX
- Supports OpenGL, GLX, and many OpenGL 3.x, 4.x, nVidia, and AMD extensions
- Overlay plane support
- Accelerated 3D hardware support
Security
- NEW User-friendly selection of X.509 certificates when multiple certificates are required
- NEW Increased hardening to prevent “denial of service” attacks
- SOCKS proxy support
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SSH encryption
- Smart card support through PKCS #11 interface
- SSH X client launching
- X11 forwarding
- Password, keyboard interactive, and public key authentication
- NEW Kerberos authentication via GSSAPI for single sign-on
- SSH key generation and management
- Support for HMAC-SHA256 and HMAC-SHA512 algorithms.
- TLS 1.2 encryption between distributed components
- FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic module (Certificate #2469)
- Host-based security to determine which clients can connect to the X server
- Adheres to Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) and United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) security policy requirements
- PKI support via Reflection PKI Services Manager
- Establish secure connections to X applications from outside the corporate firewall
Administrative Tools
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Administrative Console
- Central administration of settings
- Web-based deployment of settings files and updates
- Session and connection monitoring
- Remote administration of domain servers
- Configure user authentication and permissions
- Monitor node processes and resources
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X Manager
- Single tool to manage multiple X clients and servers
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Logging utility
- NEW Enhanced data-gathering functionality
- Common X client command lines specialized for host platform
- Secure token authorization support for LDAP-based access control of sessions*
International Support
- User interface and help localized into English, French, German, and Japanese
- Supports all front-end processing input styles, including inline “on-the-spot” input
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Implements a local front-end processor for character composition in any language
- Supports XIM protocol
- Supports double-byte fonts, including Japanese, Korean, and Chinese
- Configure user interface language on the fly
UNIX and OpenVMS Emulation
Terminal Types
- VT terminals (including Japanese)
- Support for numerous host character sets, including UTF-8 (Unicode)
- Wyse 50+, Wyse 60, SCO-ANSI, and BBS-ANSI
- Linux console, AT386, IBM 3151, xterm, and VT-UTF8
- ReGIS (VT340, VT330, VT241, and VT240) and Tektronix graphics terminal emulation
Network Protocols
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
- SOCKS client support
- Extensive Telnet options with support for threaded I/O; Line mode; NAWS (option 31); and Local Echo, including Telnet option 45 (Suppress Local Echo)
- Support for serial connections
File Transfer
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FTP, Kermit, Xmodem, and Zmodem
- ASCII, binary, and labels/image support
Security
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Support for SSL/TLS and SOCKS
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 support
- Support for SHA-256/RSA-2048 digital signatures
- FIPS 140-2-validated cryptographic module (Certificate #2057)
- Adheres to Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) and United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) security policy requirements
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PKI support built to meet DoD standards
- PKCS #11 support
- U.S. DoD Common Access Card (CAC) support
- Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) support
- Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL)
- Intermediate certificate storage through LDAP
- Reflection Certificate Manager
- Reflection Key Agent accepts SSH keys and certificates for single sign-on authentication
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SSH encryption
- SSH X client launching
- X11 forwarding
- Command line SSH utilities (ssh, scp, and sftp)
- Port forwarding (tunneling) for TCP/IP ports through secure channel
- Integrated multihop SSH configuration support
- Password, keyboard interactive, public key (user key and X.509 certificates), and Kerberos authentication
- Smart card support through PKCS #11 interface
- SSH key agent
- Key generation and conversion (RSA-1, RSA, and DSA) utility
- Easy uploading of users’ public keys to SSH servers
- SSH connection reuse
- Standard SSH configurations
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Reflection Kerberos Client
- Secure authentication
- Datastream encryption (DES and 3DES) for Telnet and FTP
- Support for ticket forwarding and renewal
- Compatible with Microsoft and Leash32 credentials caches
- Standard Kerberos configurations
- Support for Kerberos KDCs using TCP or UDP
Productivity
- NEW Scan data into applications using a wireless BlueTooth barcode scanning device
- Quickpad support for fast access to productivity features that support your workflow
- Visual terminal keyboard for accessing terminal keys
- Integration with Microsoft Office
- Application, desktop, and Internet search support
- Support for opening new sessions in existing workspaces
- Screen History
- Scratch Pad
- Advanced cut/copy/paste
- Keyboard and mouse mapping or remapping
- Triple-mouse-click support
Printing
- Windows or host control
- Network, local, or print-to-disk
- ReGIS color graphics support
- Print logging
- Fixed pitch TrueType and printer font
- Serial device to host communications
- Line-drawing characters
Programming and Automation
- NEW Events Mapper for triggering actions based on session events without coding
- Embeddable .NET control
- Native .NET API
- Integration between Reflection .NET API and Microsoft Visual Studio IDE
- Options for inserting delays when recording VT session macros
- VBA support
- Macro recorder for VBA
- Programmatic access to over 400 properties and methods via Reflection API
- Microsoft OLE Automation
- Extra! Basic and Reflection Basic macro runtime and editing
- Reflection Command Language (RCL)
- Support for encrypted Extra! Basic macros
User Interface
- Browser UI mode
- Ribbon user interface mode
- Classic mode interface for Extra! and Reflection
- Ribbon customization utility
- Tabbed or windowed Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
- Configurable tabs, including colors, renaming and more
- Local and online HTML Help
- Customizable hotspots
- Full-screen terminal mode
- Graphical keyboard mapping
- Full-color editing
Administrative Tools
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Micro Focus Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS)*
- Web-based console for central administration of settings files
- Web-based deployment of settings files and updates
- NEW MSS authentication required for host access
- MSS add-on components*
- Security Proxy Add-On: Deliver end-to-end encryption and enforce access control at the perimeter with patented security technology.
- Advanced Authentication Add-On: Enable multifactor authentication to authorize access to your valuable host systems.
- PKI Automated Sign-On Add-On: PKI-enable automated application sign-on to your critical enterprise systems.
- Terminal ID Management Add-On: Dynamically allocate terminal IDs based on username, DNS name, IP address, or address pool.
- Granular UAC support
- Run RUMBA VT/UNIX session configuration files
- Centralized management of settings files using Group Policy
- Application customization tool for settings and installation files (including MSI)
- Support for compound configurations to include all customizations in single session file
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Support for Windows administration features
- Windows Installer (MSI)
- Active Directory
- Roaming user and multiple user profiles
- Group Policy
- Application self-repair
International Support
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese languages
- Localized keyboards, displays, and printers
- Support for standard input-method editors
Common Specifications
File Transfer
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Reflection Secure FTP Client
- Support for SFTP 4.0 to ensure proper translation of international characters
- Extensive firewall support
- File browsing on z/OS hosts with TSO data sets
- Save FTP client sessions in Layouts
- Management of FTP settings via MSS*
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
- Change UNIX file permissions with FTP client
- SFTP downloads resume after interruption
- Support for a wide variety of FTP servers, including IBM System z, IBM System i, UNIX, Linux, NetWare, Unisys, HP 3000, and OpenVMS
- FTP site wizard
- Site-to-site transfer between FTP servers
- Export/import settings in XML format
- Wildcard filters
- Automation tools (script recorder and Microsoft OLE Automation)
- Drag and drop file transfers directly to the desktop
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Support for SSL/TLS and SOCKS
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 support
- Support for SHA-256/RSA-2048 digital signatures
- Kerberos security
Operating Platforms
- Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise**
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro**
- Microsoft Windows 7**
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows Server R2 2012 Remote Desktop Services
*Requires additional license(s)
**32- and 64-bit editions
***64-bit editions
- Citrix XenApp
- Microsoft App-V
- VMware
- Linux** (Reflection X Advantage only)
- Solaris*** (Reflection X Advantage only)
- HP-UX Itanium*** (Reflection X Advantage only)
- IBM AIX (Reflection X Advantage only)