SQLCipher 5.0.0-beta

We are pleased to announce the availability of SQLCipher 5.0.0-beta.

WARNING: This should only be used for beta testing at this time, not in production. It includes major functional, API, and behavioral changes that are NOT COMPATIBLE with SQLCipher 4 and earlier by default.

SQLCipher 5.0.0-beta details: SQLCipher 5.0.0-beta | Zetetic

Summary:

  • Changes architecture to use VFS shims
  • Uses AEAD Encryption with AES-256-GCM
  • Increases KDF iteration increase to 512K
  • Increase default page size to 8192 bytes
  • Adds encryption and decryption support to PRAGMA rekey
  • BREAKING CHANGES - see CHANGELOG.md and release announcement