• UNIX or Linux systems
• Perl 5 or higher
• tar written and tested using GNU tar

• Digest::MD5 - Required
• Net::FTP - Optional *
• Crypt::CBC - Optional**
• Crypt::Blowfish Optional **
• Net::SMTP Optional ***
  
  
  Additional modules may be required to satisfy dependencies of above modules

* Required for remote archive storage
** Required for encryption support
*** Required for external smtp support