Installation guide

Chapter 1. New Features and Changes

This chapter describes the new features and changes in Oracle Secure Global Desktop (SGD) Release

4.70.

1.1. New Features in Release 4.70

This section describes the features that are new in the SGD 4.70 release.

1.1.1. Secure Installation by Default

In previous releases of SGD, connections to SGD servers were secured as a post-installation task. In this

release, connections to the SGD server can be made secure during installation. This is called installing in

secure mode.

Secure mode installation uses the tarantella security enable command to configure and enable

SGD security services automatically. During installation, users can choose to use their own Secure

Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate to secure connections.

Secure mode installation also enables secure intra-array communication for the SGD server. This means

that connections between the SGD servers in an array are encrypted.

When you install in secure mode, firewall forwarding is disabled. This means that the SGD server can be

used with the SGD Gateway.

Installation of SGD without using secure connections is still available.

See Installing SGD for more details about installing in secure mode.

1.1.2. New X Server Implementation

This release incorporates a new X Protocol Engine implementation, based on the X.Org Foundation X

Server release X11R7.6.

The new implementation provides enhanced support for multiple monitors and dynamic session resizing.

These features are enabled through the use of the RANDR and XINERAMA X extensions.

New attributes have been introduced for configuring RANDR extension support. The RandR Extension

(--array-xrandr-enabled) attribute enables RANDR support for the array. The Window Size: RandR

Extension (--xrandr) enables RANDR support for an application object.

SGD now supports the X Keyboard (XKB) X extension. Using XKB enhances globalization support, by

providing built-in support for more locales. Legacy keyboard maps and server-side configuration are no

longer required to process keyboard input for X applications.

See the Using the RANDR X Extension for more details about configuring applications to use these new

features.

1.1.3. Audio Recording for Windows Applications

This release provides support for audio recording in Windows applications displayed through SGD.

The Audio Input (--array-audioin) attribute has been introduced to enable audio input for an SGD

array.