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diff --git a/doc/html/Release Notes.html b/doc/html/Release Notes.html index bec57aba..6dcae52f 100644 --- a/doc/html/Release Notes.html +++ b/doc/html/Release Notes.html @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ </head> <body> -<div> -<a href="https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html"><img src="VeraCrypt128x128.png" alt="VeraCrypt"/></a> +<div> +<a href="Documentation.html"><img src="VeraCrypt128x128.png" alt="VeraCrypt"/></a> </div> <div id="menu"> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ <div> <p> -<a href="Documentation.html">Documentation</a> +<a href="Documentation.html">Documentation</a> <img src="arrow_right.gif" alt=">>" style="margin-top: 5px"> <a href="Release%20Notes.html">Version History</a> </p></div> @@ -39,21 +39,108 @@ <strong>Note to users who created volumes with 1.17 version of VeraCrypt or earlier: </strong><br/> <span style="color:#ff0000;">To avoid hinting whether your volumes contain a hidden volume or not, or if you depend on plausible deniability when using hidden volumes/OS, then you must recreate both the outer and hidden volumes including system encryption and hidden OS, discarding existing volumes created prior to 1.18a version of VeraCrypt.</span></li> </p> -<p><strong style="text-align:left">1.24-Update9</strong> (XXXX XX<sup>th</sup>, 2021):</p> +<p><strong style="text-align:left">1.25.7</strong> (January 7<sup>th</sup>, 2022):</p> +<ul> +<li><strong>All OSes:</strong> +<ul> +<li>Update translations.</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><strong>Windows:</strong> +<ul> +<li>Restore support of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. +<ul> +<li>Windows 7 support requires that either KB3033929 or KB4474419 is installed.</li> +<li>Windows Vista support requires that either KB4039648 or KB4474419 is installed.</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li>MSI installation only: Fix double-clicking .hc file container inserting %1 instead of volume name in path field.</li> +<li>Advanced users: Add registry settings to control driver internal encryption queue to allow tuning performance for SSD disks and having better stability under heavy load. +<ul> +<li>Under registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\veracrypt: +<ul> +<li>VeraCryptEncryptionFragmentSize (REG_DWORD): size of encryption data fragment in KiB. Default is 256. Maximum is 2048.</li> +<li>VeraCryptEncryptionIoRequestCount (REG_DWORD): maximum number of parallel I/O requests. Default is 16. Maximum is 8192.</li> +<li>VeraCryptEncryptionItemCount (REG_DWORD): maximum number of encryption queue items processed in parallel. Default as well as maximum is half of VeraCryptEncryptionIoRequestCount.</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li>The triplet (FragmentSize=512, IoRequestCount=128, ItemCount=64) is an example of parameters that enhance sequential read speed on some SSD NVMe systems.</li> +<li>Fix truncate text in installer for some languages.</li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> +<li><strong>MacOSX:</strong> +<ul> +<li>Fix resource files inside VeraCrypt application bundle (e.g. HTML documentation, languages XML files) being world-writable. (Reported by Niall O'Reilly)</li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> +<p><strong style="text-align:left">1.25.4</strong> (December 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2021):</p> <ul> <li><strong>All OSes:</strong> <ul> -<li>speed optimization of Streebog.</li> +<li>Speed optimization of Streebog.</li> +<li>Update translations.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Windows:</strong> <ul> <li>Add support for Windows on ARM64 (e.g. Microsoft Surface Pro X) but system encryption not yet supported.</li> +<li>Add MSI installer for silent mode deployment (ACCEPTLICENSE=YES must be set in msiexec command line). +<ul> +<li>For now, MSI installer cannot be used if system partition is encrypted with VeraCrypt</li> +<li>MSI installer requires Windows 10 or newer</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li>Drop support of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 because of new requirement for driver code signing.</li> +<li>Reduce time of mount when PRF auto-detection is selected.</li> +<li>Fix potential memory corruption in driver caused by integer overflow in IOCTL_STORAGE_MANAGE_DATA_SET_ATTRIBUTES (reported by Ilja van Sprundel).</li> +<li>Replace insecure wcscpy/wcscat/strcpy runtime functions with secure equivalents.</li> +<li>Changes to EFI bootloader: +<ul> +<li>Fix memory leak in some cases caused by wrong check of pointer for calling MEM_FREE</li> +<li>Clear bootParams variable that may contain sensitive information when halting the system in case of fatal error</li> +<li>Add option "KeyboardInputDelay" in DcsProp to control the minimum delay supported between two key strokes</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Try to workaround Windows Feature Updates issues with system encryption by fixing of bootloader and SetupConfig.ini when system resumes or when session is opened/unlocked</li> +<li>Fix failure to load local HTML documentation if application running with administrative privileges</li> +<li>Fix freeze when password dialog displayed in secure desktop and try to access token keyfiles protected by PIN</li> +<li>Fix failure to launch keyfile generator in secure desktop mode</li> +<li>Block Windows from resizing system partition if it is encrypted</li> +<li>Add keyboard shortcut to "TrueCrypt mode" in the mount dialog.</li> + +</ul> +</li> +<li><strong>MacOSX:</strong> +<ul> +<li>Native support of Apple Silicon M1.</li> +<li>Drop official support of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.</li> +<li>Add UI language support using installed XML files. Language is automatically detected using "LANG" environment variable</li> +<li>Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.</li> +<li>Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Linux:</strong> <ul> <li>Add UI language support using installed XML files. Language is automatically detected using "LANG" environment variable</li> +<li>Compatiblity with with pam_tmpdir.</li> +<li>Display icon in notification area on Ubuntu 18.04 and newer (contibuted by https://unit193.net/).</li> +<li>Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.</li> +<li>Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><strong>FreeBSD:</strong> +<ul> +<li>Make system devices work under FreeBSD</li> +<li>Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.</li> +<li>Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.</li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><strong>OpenBSD:</strong> +<ul> +<li>Add basic support of OpenBSD</li> +<li>Add CLI switch (--size=max) and UI option to give a file container all available free space on the disk where it is created.</li> +<li>Return error if unknown filesystem value specified in CLI --filesystem switch instead of silently skipping filesystem creation.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> @@ -320,7 +407,7 @@ <li>Enable selection of Quick Format for file containers creation. Separate Quick Format and Dynamic Volume options in the wizard UI.</li> <li>Fix editor of EFI system encryption configuration file not accepting ENTER key to add new lines.</li> <li>Avoid simultaneous calls of favorites mounting, for example if corresponding hotkey is pressed multiple times.</li> -<li>Ensure that only one thread at a time can create a secure desktop.</li> +<li>Ensure that only one thread at a time can create a secure desktop.</li> <li>Resize some dialogs in Format and Mount Options to to fix some text truncation issues with non-English languages.</li> <li>Fix high CPU usage when using favorites and add switch to disable periodic check on devices to reduce CPU load.</li> <li>Minor UI changes.</li> @@ -804,4 +891,4 @@ incorrect Impersonation Token Handling. </li></ul> <li>Correct issue while creating hidden operating system. </li><li>Minor improvements and bug fixes. </li></ul> </li></ul> </div> -</div><div class="ClearBoth"></div></body></html>
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