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VeraCrypt_1.0e: Update Readme.txt to include more accurate build instructions for Lin…

16 Nov 09:49
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VeraCrypt 1.0e is out with many security fixes and performance enhancements. Download for Windows is here. As usual, a MacOSX version is available. It supports MacOSX 10.6 and above and it requires OSXFUSE 2.3 and later(https://osxfuse.github.io/). MacFUSE compatibility layer must checked during OSXFUSE installation.
Also a Linux version is available.The package contains the installation scripts for 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and for GUI and console-only version (choose which script is adapted the best to your machine).

The SHA2 sums of the files and their pgp signature is available in the Sourceforge download section for this release.

Changes between 1.0d and 1.0e (04 September 2014) :
  • Correct most of the security vulnerabilities reported by the Open Crypto Audit Project.
  • Correct security issues detected by Static Code Analysis, mainly under Windows.
  • Correct issue of unresponsiveness when changing password/key file of a volume. Reduce overall time taken for creating encrypted volume/partition.
  • Minor fixes (look at git history for more details).

VeraCrypt version 1.0f Beta

16 Nov 09:37
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This beta version of VeraCrypt 1.0f is for testing purposes only

Binaries for Windows, Linux and MacOSX are available at Sourceforge Nightly Builds section.

Changes between 1.0e and 1.0f-BETA (26 Octobre 2014):
  • All OSs:
    • Add support for SHA-256 for volume encryption.
    • Make SHA-512 the default key derivation algorithm instead of RIPEMD160.
    • Change the order of preference of derivation algorithms : SHA-512 -> Whirlpool -> SHA-256 -> RIPEMD160
  • MacOSX:
    • Implement support for hard drives with a large sector size (> 512).
    • Link against new wxWidgets version 3.0.2
  • Linux:
    • Add support of NTFS formatting of volumes.
    • Correct issue on opening of the user guide PDF
    • Better support for hard drives with a large sector size (> 512).
    • Link against new wxWidgets version 3.0.2
  • Windows:
    • Security: fix vulnerability in bootloader detected by Open Crypto Audit and make it more robust.
    • Add support for SHA-256 in system boot encryption.
    • Various optimizations in bootloader.
    • Complete fix of ShellExecute security issue.
    • Kernel driver: check that the password length received from bootloader is less or equal to 64.