veracrypt/VeraCrypt VeraCrypt_1.0f-BETA

VeraCrypt version 1.0f Beta

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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.