VeraCrypt 1.24 Password choice -- A bug?
Does this VeraCrypt Password choice show a bug or a feature?
VC = VeraCrypt 1.24-Update2 (64 bit) on Windows 7 SP1 and VC = VeraCrypt 1.24-Update2 (32 bit) on Windows XP SP3
VC did not accept the following: 60-characters as the Outer Volume Password or as Hidden Volume Password
ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
Not accepting the above 60-character Password means the NEXT button in VC remains Grayed-out.
Character 60, the last character ’ was the suspect character because the following 59-character long Password is accepted by VC:
ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘
but abc’123 is 7 characters long and is accepted by VC.
The suspect character ’ is no longer suspect.
and 59-character Password with first character Ç removed:
üéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
The above Password is 59 characters long and is accepted by VC.
Again, VC accepts the ’ character.
Please explain.
Explain why this 60-character Password below does not work in VC: ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
but
this 59-character Password does work: üéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
this 62-character Password does work: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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VeraCrypt 1.24 Password choice -- A bug?
Does this VeraCrypt Password choice show
a bug or
a feature?
VC = VeraCrypt 1.24-Update2 (64 bit) on Windows 7 SP1 and
VC = VeraCrypt 1.24-Update2 (32 bit) on Windows XP SP3
VC did not accept the following:
60-characters as the
Outer Volume Password or as
Hidden Volume Password
ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
Not accepting the above 60-character Password means
the NEXT button in VC remains Grayed-out.
Character 60, the last character ’ was
the suspect character because the following
59-character long Password is accepted by VC:
ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘
but
abc’123
is 7 characters long and is accepted by VC.
The suspect character ’ is no longer suspect.
and
59-character Password with first character Ç removed:
üéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
The above Password is 59 characters long and
is accepted by VC.
Again, VC accepts the ’ character.
Please explain.
Explain why
this 60-character Password below does not work in VC:
ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
but
this 59-character Password does work:
üéâäàåçêëèïîìæÆôöòûùÿ¢£¥PƒáíóúñÑ¿¬½¼¡«»¦ßµ±°•·²€„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹Œ‘’
this 62-character Password does work:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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