Binaries for Windows, Linux and MacOSX are available at Launchpad, Sourceforge and Codeplex
Changes between 1.16 and 1.17 (13 February 2016) :
- All OSs:
- Support UNICODE passwords: all characters are now accepted in passwords (except Windows system encryption)
- Cut mount/boot time by half thanks to a clever optimization of key derivation (found by Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet)
- Optimize Whirlpool code by using assembly (25% speed gain compared to previous code).
- Add support for creating exFAT volumes.
- Add GUI indicator for the amount of randomness gathered using mouse movement.
- Include new icons and graphics contributed by Andreas Becker
- Windows:
- Fix dll hijacking issue affecting installer that allows code execution with elevation of privilege (CVE-2016-1281). Reported by Stefan Kanthak
- Sign binaries using both SHA-1 and SHA-256 to follow new Microsoft recommendations.
- Solve issues under Comodo/Kaspersky when running an application from a VeraCrypt volume (Reported and fixed by Robert Geisler)
- Bootloader: Protect password/PIM length by filling the fields to maximum length with '*' after ENTER
- Solve issue with system favorites not being able to be mounted to drive A:
- Solve lost focus issues for after displaying the waiting dialog
- Solve rare issue where some partitions where associated with wrong disk the "Select Device" dialog.
- Implement PIM caching, for both system encryption and normal volumes. Add options to activate it.
- Don't try mounting using cached passwords if password and/or keyfile are specified in the command line.
- Internal rewrite to make VeraCrypt native UNICODE application.
- Workaround to avoid false positive detection by some anti-virus software.
- Hide disconnected network drives in the list of available drives. Add option to make them available for mounting.
- Solve issue that caused in some cases configuration and history XML files to be updated even when not needed.
- Fix leak of path of selected keyfiles in RAM.
- Fix TB unit can't be deselected in VeraCryptExpander.
- Add Alt+i keyboard shortcut for "Use PIM" checkbox.
- Minor GUI and translations fixes.
- Linux/MacOSX:
- Fix issue of --stdin option not handling correctly passwords that contain a space character (reported and fixed by Codeplex user horsley1953).
- Fix issue creating volumes using command line with a filesystem other than FAT.
- Support K/M/G/T suffixes for --size switch to indicate unit to use for size value.