In Windows XP SP2 it was a pretty simple case of configuring the security/firewall rules for a selected network interface so that ICMP Echo (PING) requests would be allowed to pass through the firewall. ICMP Echo requests are a pretty standard way of seeing if a machine is up and running … depending on [...]

From an article entitled “Microsoft’s advisories giving clues to hackers” by Ryan Naraine.
Sucks to be Microsoft sometimes …

It’s time to evaluate the latest data security offering from EMC - Networker 7.3.2, their flagship backup solution. This product was originally developed and intended for UNIX systems although it’s been ported for use on Windows for some time now.

Ok, I know a thing or two about backups. I’ve been working with them for years using software such as CA Arcserve by Computer Associates and Backup Exec by Symantec (although Backup Exec was originally made by Veritas, since bought out by Symantec).