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>You have to remember that we are backing up data off-site over the
>Internet and encryption becomes big issue for us.
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Customers who ask about the number of bits of encryption should be savvy
enough to realize that it should not be up to applications alone to provide
security/encryption: network oriented solutions are more appropriate.
You may want to look into VPN as a more general solution, which is fully
flexible in providing security for all kinds of traffic going through
the virtual pipe.

   Richard Sims, BU