From de4c6849a01ffd44dc2872134c09387fca1c1190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mounir IDRASSI Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 23:23:49 +0100 Subject: Update release notes with information concerning hidden volume issue fixed in 1.18a. Remove USD bank account details from bank donation page. --- doc/chm/VeraCrypt User Guide.chm | Bin 1954039 -> 1952485 bytes doc/html/Donation_Bank.html | 12 +----------- doc/html/Release Notes.html | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/chm/VeraCrypt User Guide.chm b/doc/chm/VeraCrypt User Guide.chm index 5befb97e..3a8fd377 100644 Binary files a/doc/chm/VeraCrypt User Guide.chm and b/doc/chm/VeraCrypt User Guide.chm differ diff --git a/doc/html/Donation_Bank.html b/doc/html/Donation_Bank.html index 4a1536f7..26b70e19 100644 --- a/doc/html/Donation_Bank.html +++ b/doc/html/Donation_Bank.html @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@

Donation to VeraCrypt using bank transfer

You can support VeraCrypt development through donations using bank transfers to one of IDRIX bank accounts below, depending on the currency used.
-The supported currencies are Euro, US Dollars, British Pound and Australian Dollars.
+The supported currencies are Euro, British Pound and Australian Dollars.
Please contact us if you need an official invoice for your donation.

Euro SEPA Bank Details

@@ -40,16 +40,6 @@ Address: Handelsbank, Elsenheimer Str. 41, München 80687, Germany
Reference: VeraCrypt Donation
-

US Dollars Bank Details

-

Accepted payment types are Wire, ACH and SWIFT/International Wire.

-Account Holder: IDRIX SARL
-Account number: 8310085792
-ACH Routing Number: 026073150
-Wire Routing Number: 026073008
-Address: TransferWise, 19 W 24th Street, New York, NY, 10010, United States
-Reference: VeraCrypt Donation
-
-

British Pound Bank Details

Accepted payment types are Faster Payments (FPS), BACS and CHAPS from withing the UK only.

diff --git a/doc/html/Release Notes.html b/doc/html/Release Notes.html index 72b14d4b..2aa8e103 100644 --- a/doc/html/Release Notes.html +++ b/doc/html/Release Notes.html @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@

Release Notes

+

+Note to users who created volumes with 1.17 version of VeraCrypt or earlier:
+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. +

1.24-Beta0 (December 18th, 2018):

  • Windows: @@ -54,10 +58,16 @@
    • Windows:
        -
      • Fix low severity vulnerability inherited from TrueCrypt that allowed reading 3 bytes of kernel stack memory (with a rare possibility of 25 additional bytes). Reported by Tim Harrison. +
      • Fix low severity vulnerability inherited from TrueCrypt that allowed reading 3 bytes of kernel stack memory (with a rare possibility of 25 additional bytes). +
          +
        • Reported by Tim Harrison.
          • +
      • Disable quick format when creating file containers from command line. Add /quick switch to enable it in this case if needed.
        • -
      • Add /nosizecheck switch to disable checking container size against available free space during its creation. This enables to workaround a bug in Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) +
      • Add /nosizecheck switch to disable checking container size against available free space during its creation. +
          +
        • This enables to workaround a bug in Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS).
          • +
      • @@ -275,11 +285,12 @@
      • Support Japanese encryption standard Camellia, including for Windows system encryption (MBR & EFI).
      • Support Russian encryption and hash standards Kuznyechik, Magma and Streebog, including for Windows EFI system encryption. +
      • Fix TrueCrypt vulnerability allowing detection of hidden volumes presence (reported by Ivanov Aleksey Mikhailovich, alekc96 [at] mail dot ru) +
        • 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.
    • Windows:
      • Support EFI Windows system encryption (limitations: no hidden os, no boot custom message) -
      • Fix TrueCrypt vulnerability allowing detection of hidden volumes presence(reported by Ivanov Aleksey Mikhailovich, alekc96 [at] mail dot ru)
      • Enhanced protection against dll hijacking attacks.
      • Fix boot issues on some machines by increasing required memory by 1 KiB
      • Add benchmarking of hash algorithms and PRF with PIM (including for pre-boot).
      • Move build system to Visual C++ 2010 for better stability.
      • Workaround for AES-NI support under Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2.
      • Correctly remove driver file veracrypt.sys during uninstall on Windows 64-bit.
      • Implement passing smart card PIN as command line argument (/tokenpin) when explicitly mounting a volume. -- cgit v1.2.3