Release Notes This beta version of VeraCrypt 1.0f is for testing purposes only 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.