> Roman, I disagree. I think thought should be given to the requirements
> before settling on an interface. Really bad interfaces require haste...

In general I agree, but...

...the issue is that encryption is some kind of low-prio for the
project, considering the limited resources we have. None of the sponsors
need this so far, their prios are in completely different area.

However, there are people that want to play with this beast, so why not
to enable them this?

In general, I see open-source as more in the line with darvin's theory
than creations theory... The Java plugin went through many iterations (I
think 4), before getting into the main tree. And there will be more
iterations needed, when it is released, since more and more people will
use it...

Same thing is with encryption - people knowing the engine internals are
not best security specialists, those willing to play with the security
do not know the engine internals... Some time must pass before the
common denominator is found.

IMHO, for sure.

Roman