Something that I have not seen addressed is the need for strong encryption in backup software. Most backup software has an "encryption" option, but I have seen few that have anything resembling strong encryption. Furthermore, I have seen no real push for strong encryption for backups at all. I see this as a product that corporations should be demanding. It is difficult to walk off with a computer, but a dat tape can be slipped in a pocket with little notice. If it happens to be of a server or important system, valuable information would be in the hands of whoever could decrypt it. (And off site alot of resources could be thrown at decrypting the data.) Weak or no encryption of backups could be a potential problem with the security of a business. (Of course, if you leave tapes lying around, you are asking for trouble anyways...) Might be an idea for a product there... (And you can bet law enforcement would throw a hissy fit about its existence.) Alan Olsen -- alano@teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ Is the operating system half NT or half full?