Web-to-host proponents have proven over and over again that tying enterprise business systems to the web yields competitive advantages and substantial ROI. This has especially held true for the airlines and travel industry, where the ability to drive customers to your web-based reservation system can give you a distinct competitive advantage.
Attachmate Reflection for the Web 2008 Airlines Edition is terminal emulation software that gives airline and travel industry users the ability to securely connect to the industry’s wide range of legacy systems, while minimizing total cost of ownership. Reflection for the Web 2008 Airlines Edition also provides access to applications on Unisys, IBM, HP, UNIX, and OpenVMS hosts.
Strong authentication and encryption capabilities safely deliver fully functioning host applications across the public Internet. And a secure token authorization feature adds a layer of LDAP access control in front of your host applications, integrating them into your modern security infrastructure.
What’s New in Reflection for the Web 2008 Airlines Edition?
- Simplified management of PKI certificates.
- Troubleshooting enhancements for PKI/smart card authentication and OCSP.
- Improved screen reader support for greater accessibility.
- Advanced copy/paste options.
- Macro sharing between sessions of the same type.
- Ability to save frequently used IND$FILE transfers.
- Custom color support for the cursor, ruler, and terminal-screen elements.
- Enhanced text rendering and scaling.
- URL recognition and opening from emulation client.
- Cursor ruler support for VT emulation.
- Option for users to make local, customized copies of terminal sessions.
- Option for users to sort and group terminal sessions according to their own preferences.
With Reflection for the Web 2008, you can:
- Secure host sessions with secure token authorization and AES or Triple DES encryption over SSL/TLS.
- Authenticate users with Active Directory, LDAP, X.509 smart cards, Kerberos, and web portal authentication methods.
- Use your existing LDAP users and groups to control user access to sensitive data and resources.
- Facilitate compliance with regulations such as Payment Card Industry (PCI), Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA, and Basel II.
- Leverage existing security technology infrastructures—including X.509 certificates, Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL)—via Reflection for the Web’s Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) support.
Components
Reflection Management Server
Reflection Security Proxy Server
Reflection Metering Server
Reflection Thin Terminal Emulation Clients
Reflection Thin File Transfer Clients
Reflection Thin Printing Clients
- Product Highlights
Administrators can configure new web-based terminal sessions using the Session Manager.
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After configuring a new web-based terminal session, administrators can save it in the Session Manager. Now it is ready for users to access.
(Click image to enlarge) Centralized Installation, Deployment, and Management
Reflection for the Web is centrally installed and deployed on the web server for instant availability to all browser users. Once you make updates on the server, users automatically download the new version the next time they connect. Costly, time-consuming desktop-to-desktop management is no longer necessary.
Printing for the Complex Airlines and Travel Environments
The Airlines Printing component provides a printing solution for complex airline applications. Host applications send code to peripherals to print baggage tags, boarding passes, and tickets on sophisticated, bi-directional devices, such as ATB2 printers over a wide variety of protocols. The Airlines Printing component is a multi-host printing solution.
Robust Security Options
Reflection for the Web provides standards-based encryption with FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules. These modules facilitate compliance with internal and external security regulations such as Payment Card Industry (PCI), Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA, and Basel II.
Reflection for the Web includes a security proxy server that extends host access to remote users without exposing hosts to Internet threats. The security proxy server works with the management server to control access to terminal emulation and file transfer hosts based on Active Directory or LDAP user and group membership.
Any Browser, Any Operating System
Reflection for the Web is platform independent. The clients run in any browser—including Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari—and on any operating system that supports Java—including Windows Vista®, Linux, and Mac OS X. The servers also run on any Java-supported operating system, including Windows®, Linux, UNIX, and z/OS.
Development Focus on Evolving IT Needs
Reflection for the Web developers are focused on meeting your evolving IT needs. Today, we are concentrating on security, scalability, and interoperability with emerging technologies. This level of focus on and investment in terminal emulation is unmatched by our competitors.
Technical Expertise for Airline and Travel Customers
Airline Development Team
Attachmate’s airline development team has extensive experience working with airlines and GDSs, and can help translate your requirements into reality. This dedicated product development team takes Attachmate’s standard enterprise products and adapts them for the unique needs of the travel industry.
Attachmate Consulting Services
Our Consulting Services Group provides the resources you need to build secure, custom solutions that help you forge a competitive advantage in today’s marketplace. We build on a tradition of world-class service, with technical support plans for every mission-critical need. And we offer upgrade maintenance plans to ensure you get upgrades of Attachmate software conveniently and at the best possible price.
- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Connection Basics
Emulation Types
- ALC to:
- Galileo/Apollo Travel Services
- Sabre
- EDS Shares
- Worldspan
- Amadeus
- MATIP hosts
- Attachmate INFOConnect Airlines Gateway
- UTS to:
- Unisys ClearPath Dorado Systems
- MATIP hosts
- Attachmate Lantern Gateway
- Attachmate Pepgate Gateway
- Attachmate INFOConnect Airlines Gateway
- T27 to:
- Unisys ClearPath Libra Systems
- IBM System z (Mainframe):
- 3179, 3180, 3196, 3197, 3270, 3278, 3477, 3486, and 3487
- Models 2 (24x80), 3 (32x80), 4 (43x80), and 5 (27x132)
- IBM System i (AS/400):
- UNIX, Linux, and OpenVMS:
- VT52, VT100, VT220, VT320, and VT420
- HP e3000:
Network Protocols
- All host types:
- ALC/TPF
- Sabre IP
- MATIP
- WSE MATIP
- ATSTCP
- Airgate
- UDPFRAD
- UTS
- INT1
- MATIP
- Airgate
- Pepgate
- T27
- IBM System z:
- TN3270, TN3270E, and SSL/TLS
- IBM System i:
- UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS and HP e3000:
- Telnet, NS/VT, SSL/TLS, and Secure Shell (SSH2)
File Transfer
- SFTP (SSH2) support
- Secure FTP (SSL/TSL-wrapped):
- Secure access to multiple FTP hosts through one firewall port
- LDAP-based access control using secure token authorization
- Reflection Security Proxy Server hides the FTP server name/port and protects the host from external exposure
- Standalone FTP client (independent of emulator)
- FTP command line interface
- FTP with automatic detection of ASCII and binary formats and preset file transfer configurations
- IBM System z IND$FILE file transfer for CMS, TSO, or CICS
- Browse host files for IND$FILE (for quick access to host file lists)
Ability to save frequently used IND$FILE transfers IBM System i data transfer
Security
Authentication
- Microsoft® Active Directory single sign-on
- LDAP integration with Microsoft Active Directory, RACF, Novell eDirectory, Sun Java System Directory, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, and OpenLDAP
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) support
- Certificate Revocation List (CRL) support
- Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) support
- Certificate policy support
- X.509 certificate support for smart cards
- Automatic Kerberos sign-on (System i)
- Kerberos v5 with Microsoft Active Directory
- Integration with IBM WebSphere Portal, BEA AquaLogic Interaction, BEA WebLogic Portal, and CA SiteMinder
Encryption
- AES, Triple DES, and DES encryption
- SSL/TLS (via the Reflection Security Proxy Server or direct to host)
- Secure Shell (SSH2)
Authorization (Access Control)
- LDAP integration to verify authorized terminal session access
- Personalization of a wide variety of parameters, such as LU/device name, based on user identity, DNS name, or IP address
- LDAP-based access control through secure token technology
- Secure terminal and file transfer connections to multiple hosts through a single port in the firewall
Auditing
- Reflection Management Server log
- Reflection Security Proxy Server log
- Reflection Metering Server log
Key Exchange
Printing
- Airlines/travel capabilities for printing on bi-directional devices, such as ATB2 printers over a wide variety of protocols
- Screen printing
- IBM 3287
- IBM 3812 (HPT and non-HPT)
- VT logging and controller-mode printing
- HP passthrough printing
Programming and Automation
- Assignment of macros to terminal sessions
- Macro sharing via importing and exporting of files
- Macro sharing between sessions of the same type
- Macro mapping to keystrokes and mouse triggers
- URL recognition and opening from emulation client
- Password prompt for recorded macros
- Java-based API for scripting applets with JavaScript, VBScript, or Java
- Compatibility with Host Access Class Library (HACL)
- Programmatic access to FTP file transfer
Web-Based Administrative Tools
- Management Server:
- Automated management server data replication for load-balanced environments
- Step-by-step configuration for web-based host sessions (local or remote)
- Session creation and management for certain Reflection Windows-based and PC X
server products
- Authentication and authorization configuration of Reflection sessions
- Metering Server:
- Usage logging
- Session number limitation
- License enforcement
- Usage metering (including generation of usage reports) for certain Reflection Windows-based emulation and PC X server products
Server Installation Support
- Can be installed on any operating system that supports Java, including Windows, Linux, UNIX, and z/OS
- Automated installer for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX, with all necessary components including Tomcat servlet engine and Sun Java Runtime Environment
- WAR file installer for J2EE application servers
System Requirements
- Reflection for the Web Clients:
- Runs in Java 1.1/2-enabled web browser that runs trusted applets
- TCP/IP network connection
- Any hardware system that meets the minimum requirements for the Java Runtime Environment
- Supported browsers include Internet Explorer 6.0+, Netscape 7.0+, Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Safari 1.3+, and Sun Java Web Start
- Reflection Administrative WebStation:
- Installs on web server; runs in web browser on any workstation
- Any hardware system that meets the minimum requirements for the Java Runtime Environment
- Supported browsers same as terminal emulation client
- Reflection Management Server and Reflection Metering Server:
- Installs on any machine running Java Runtime Environment 1.5+ with 250 MB of disk space
- Java Servlet 2.3-compliant servlet engine and Java Server Pages (JSP) 1.2, JDK 1.5+
- Will run on any J2EE-compliant servlet engine or application server, including Tomcat, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, or Sun Java System Application Server
- Minimum of 256 MB of RAM required
- Reflection Security Proxy Server:
- Any server running Java Runtime Environment 1.5+
- 150 MB of disk space
- Minimum 512 MB of RAM required