# \[JIRA\] (BIT-1283) Bro crashes when using &encrypt **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Tags:** development\ **Created:** [November 3, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/jira-bit-1283-bro-crashes-when-using-encrypt/3343 "2014-11-03T15:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/jira-bit-1283-bro-crashes-when-using-encrypt/3343/1 "2014-11-03T15:54:48Z")
I don't remember if we discussed this already at some point, which may have then led to the deprecation. I'm fine either way. It's a nice capability in principle, but given that files aren't our main logging mechanism anymore, it's unlikely anybody is actually using it. So in the spirit of removing complexity, maybe that's indeed the right thing to do. Indpendent of that, an item for the todo list is adding encryption support to the logging framework. But that needs a larger project, I'm hoping that we can do better than just encrypt a whole file with a single key. Would be nice to give out partial access in some form, but not quite sure how that would look like. Robin ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/jira-bit-1283-bro-crashes-when-using-encrypt/3343/2 "2022-05-06T15:42:12Z")