Why do not start with a simpler solution? Encryption could be enabled only in two moments:
1) When creating database 2) When restoring a backup PS: I'm sure some people (specially the ones running 24x7) will complain about this suggestion, but as a backup/restore is the only way to upgrade ODS, they will have to do backup/restore anyway to move to FB 3. []s Carlos http://www.firebirdnews.org FireBase - http://www.FireBase.com.br ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel