ProxyCrypt Files

Password for extracting 32-bit builds is: proxycrypt

Version 2.6.3
- updated driver to version 2.1.1 in full package
- updated MinGW from 10.2.1 to 11.2.1

Version 2.6.2
- added a sound ("bell" character) in case of password or hash file error

Version 2.6.1
- performances improved thanks to a new way to call the XTS functions
- performance fix for AES-NI (appeared in 2.6.0)
- cancelled changes made in optimization script in 2.6.0

Version 2.6.0
- added an option to change the font and colors of the current console (Vista and later)
- critical error messages are now displayed in message boxes, with option to retry when possible
- updated MinGW from 7.3.0 to 10.2.1 (released by LH_Mouse)
- improved optimization script
- minor fixes

Version 2.5.2
- fix: write errors occurred when 64 threads were used for encryption; max number of threads is now 63 (appeared in 2.4.0)
- minimal new image file size is now 69 KB, because of a new requirement of imdisk driver 2.0.8 and later

Version 2.5.1
- access to image files is now unbuffered (use -bio in case of hardware incompatibility)

Version 2.5.0
- added a switch to close the console window after mounting
- QuickEdit mode is now disabled when using the main password editor

Version 2.4.0
- switched various functions to NT API
- added a switch to prevent volume mounting while allowing other operations
- added checks for options incompatible with -r
- minor fixes and improvements

Version 2.3.0
- the imdisk driver (imdisk.sys) can now be loaded automatically if located in the same directory
- new self-sufficient package with a dedicated portable version of the imdisk driver

Version 2.2.0
- hard drive can now be selected by its signature
- fix: with an encrypted drive/partition that has 4-KB logical sectors, imdisk could fail the mounting
- sector size is now displayed with -v 2
- updated MinGW from 6.2.0 to 7.3.0

Version 2.1.3
- fix: -pp required 3 parameters instead of 1 when used with -kn or -kon

Version 2.1.2
- fix: missing error handling for process creation could lead to unpredictable results
- optimized Keccak and Whirlpool

Version 2.1.1
- fix: a bug could prevent the volume to be mounted (appeared in 2.1.0)

Version 2.1.0
- new random number generator
- tables derived from encryption keys, after being computed, are now set as read-only
- improved check of directory used as mount point
- AES instructions can now be disabled with -noaesni
- each encryption and decryption function of each build now has its own optimization parameter
- updated MinGW from 5.3.0 to 6.2.0

Version 2.0.5
- key file assignment can now be removed
- minor fixes and improvements

Version 2.0.4
- fix: a crash could occur when mounting a volume that uses Whirlpool (appeared in 2.0.2)

Version 2.0.3
- fix: volume header was not properly saved with -b (appeared in 2.0.0)
- restored compatibility with backups of volume header version 1
- optimized code size of scrypt

Version 2.0.2
- renamed SHA3 to Keccak

Version 2.0.1
- fix: some empty drives (such as card readers) could be improperly detected with the -l switch
- fix: -l could not work on Windows XP (appeared in 1.8.1)

Version 2.0.0
- replaced the Twofish cipher by SHACAL-2 (Twofish no longer available)
- added the ability to use a key file, in conjunction or replacement of password
- added tuning of the scrypt key derivation function for better performances or security
- volumes can now be created with random content
- added new faster executables for CPU with AVX instructions