VeraCrypt 1.24-Hotfix1

Noch eine kurze Information für Nutzer der Verschlüsselungssoftware VeryCrypt, die schon einige Tage bei mir herum dümpelt: Bereits zum 27. Oktober 2019 haben die Entwickler der Verschlüsselungssoftware VeraCrypt ein Update auf 1.24-Hotfix1 veröffentlicht.

Der Download ist auf dieser Webseite möglich. Die Release Notes weisen folgende Korrekturen aus.

• Windows:
  • Fix 1.24 regression that caused system favorites not to mount at boot if VeraCrypt freshly installed.
  • Fix failure to encrypt system if the current Windows username contains a Unicode non-ASCII character.
  • Make VeraCrypt Expander able to resume expansion of volumes whose previous expansion was aborted before it finishes.
  • Add "Quick Expand" option to VeraCrypt Expander to accelarate the expansion of large file containers.
  • Add several robustness checks and validation in case of system encryption to better handle some corner cases.
  • Minor UI and documentation changes.
• Linux:
  • Workaround gcc 4.4.7 bug under CentOS 6 that caused VeraCrypt built under CentOS 6 to crash when Whirlpool hash is used.
  • Fix "incorrect password attempt" written to /var/log/auth.log when mounting volumes.
  • Fix dropping file in UI not showing its correct path , specifically under GTK-3.
  • Add missing JitterEntropy implementation/
• MacOSX:
  • Fix some devices and partitions not showing in the device selection dialog under OSX 10.13 and newer.
  • Fix keyboard tab navigation between password fields in "Volume Password" page of volume creation wizard.
  • Add missing JitterEntropy implementation/
  • Support APFS filesystem for creation volumes.
  • Support Dark Mode.

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