> Well, unfortunately, there really isn't an idea of backward compatibility
> in crypto.  If we switch ciphers, all that data is useless to clients that
> don't support it.  We might consider a metadata field that informs the
> client which cipher was used when the data was inserted, since doing so
> doesn't harm the security any.

Luckily, we'll probably add ciphers instead of changing them out. It will
even encourage people to upgrade their clients.



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