WRQ offers new admin, security features in Reflection Web

WRQ will be shipping the 5.0 release of Reflection for the Web later this month, software that adds new remote administration capabilities and support for the LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory services.

The software enables HP 3000 managers to deploy terminal window sessions to users by publishing a Web address. The WRQ product launches Java applets on a user’s browser to help Web-enable applications. Customers wanted more Web-based administration in the product, according to product manager Donovan Deakin.

“They wanted to be able to go to a different location, or work from home, and wanted everything to be saved on the server,” Deakin said. “No matter where you work from, when you make configuration changes, you don’t lose them.”

The new version adds RSA authentication — “more of an industry standard, and simpler to configure,” Deakin said — and key exchange for SSL security. It also increases encryption key lengths to 2,048 bits, up from 1,024. User based authentication, being requested by healthcare organizations, is a new 5.0 feature as well.

In addition to support for OpenLDAP — directory support native to MPE/iX — Reflection for the Web also supports Sun, Novell and IBM directory services. WRQ has also added a Reflection Emulator Class Library, based on the IBM HACL standard, for advanced customization, integration and scripting. “Customers want a more event-based API,” Deakin said.

The 5.0 upgrade is free to customers on support, and the software costs $115 per concurrent seat and $229 for single, named-user licenses.