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Similar to the HTTP to HTTPS default changes made in web browsers a few years back (and the security reasons for them), we are changing the default value of the `Encrypt` connection option from `no` to `yes`/`mandatory`. There a couple breaking changes in 18.0 over previous releases that may affect a lot of users.