> Hard to justify going to the trouble of encrypting your backup. 10 years from now, it might be as good as plain text. Realistically, any archive is going to

> Hard to justify going to the trouble of encrypting your backup. 10 years from now, it might be as good as plain text. Realistically, any archive is going to have to re-record data to stay ahead of age and equipment becoming obsolete. I've heard the lifetime for the physical media of tape backups is in the 10-30 year range. Updating the encryption isn't a big deal once you're already rewriting everything.