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  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-14
    1. Fedora Core 7 support added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-13
    1. Linux kernel 2.6.20+ support added (Thanks to Stephen Moehle).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-12
    1. Missing symbols in key generators fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-11
    1. Compile time warnings removed. Thanks to Gentoo team.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-10
    1. Ubuntu 6.10 compatibility added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-9
    1. Fedora Core 6 compatibility added (Thanks to Stephen Moehle).
    2. Minor fixes for clean compilation.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-8
    1. Linux kernel 2.6.18+ SMP support added (Thanks to Stephen Moehle). Gentoo patches merged.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-7
    1. Linux kernel 2.6.18+ support added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-6
    1. /dev/bcrypt devices used by mounted containers are protected.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-5
    1. Minor fix for Fedora Core 5 2.6.15 kernel.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-4
    1. Fixed compatibility issues with 2.6.16 kernel (Fedora Core 5). Many thanks to Stephen Moehle.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-3
    1. Fixed compatibility with BestCrypt Corporate edition.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-2
    1. Fixed compatibility issues with new distributions, including Fedora Core 4.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.6-1
    1. New key generator based on SHA-256 hash algorithm was added.
      Note. No additional command-line options were introduced.
      When creating new containers, BestCrypt 1.6-1 uses SHA-256 key generator only. In remaining cases BestCrypt 1.6-1 uses either SHA-1 or SHA-256 depending on container's header data.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-11
    1. BestCrypt 7.11 for 2.4.x Linux kernels support fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-10
    1. Linux kernel 2.6.10 support added.
    2. BestCrypt 7.10 for Windows compatibility fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-9
    1. BestCrypt 7.11 for Windows compatibility added for bctool link command.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-8
    1. BestCrypt 7.11 for Windows compatibility problem solved.
    2. Linux udev compatibility problem solution added to documentation. This issue applies to udev-enabled distributions: SuSE 9.2, Fedora Core 3 etc. (thanks to Hrvoje Horvat).
    3. SuSE 9.2 Unresolved symbol(s) fixed (thanks to Shawn Leard).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-7
    1. Container filesystem corruption on Fedora Core 2 fixed.
    2. Hangups caused by farge file writes on 2.6.x kernels fixed.
    3. Compatibility with new SuSE kernels location added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-6
    1. Incorrect container capacity fixed.
      Important! If you are running 2.6.x kernel, please backup data from your containers before installing BestCrypt v1.5-6. After installation please reformat your containers.
    2. x86_64 architecture support.
    3. Data flush before container unlinking added
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-5
    1. Bugfix SMP 2.6.5+ kernels.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-4
    1. Linux kernel 2.6.5+ support added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-3
    1. Linux kernel 2.6.4 support added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-2
    1. RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 support added (thanks to Dietmar).
    2. Scripts and Makefiles updated for 2.6 (thanks to Paul Nielsen).
    3. Large offset for Hidden part is fixed (thanks to Bill).
    4. Undefined 2.4.x driver behavior on close() syscall is fixed (thanks to Bill again).
    5. /proc entries reappeared in 2.6.x drivers.
    6. Symbolic links to block devices handling by bcnew command is fixed.
    7. G or g (gigabyte) suffix added for container size specification.
    8. "Please format container" reminder added to bcnew command.
    9. Documentation updated.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.5-1
    1. Linux kernel 2.6.x basic support added.
    2. Driver build scheme changed.
    3. ext3 formatting options fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.4-2
    1. Version confusion fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.4-1
    1. Important! BestCrypt v1.3 created incorrect containers. In addition, it could damage containers created by previous versions or by BestCrypt for Windows. Problem fixed in BestCrypt v1.4.
      Please note: before upgrading from v1.3 please backup data from containers created by BestCrypt v1.3, then create new containers using BestCrypt v1.4. Do not use containers created by BestCrypt v1.3 with other versions of BestCrypt - this may cause data loss. BestCrypt v1.4 is fully compatible with containers created by BestCrypt versions prior to v1.3.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.3-3
    1. Hangup on unmounting ReiserFS-formatted containers fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.3-2
    1. False "One or more components of BestCrypt outdated." messages are fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.3
    1. Initial vector generation vulnerability indicated by Adal Chiriliuc is fixed. This flaw allowed to locate hidden part of container filled by regular data.
      Please note: containers created by this (and forthcoming) version will not be recognized by previous versions of BestCrypt - password check will fail.
      bctool reencrypt command will convert old containers to new format during reencryption. Please note also that containers with hidden part should not be reencrypted.
    2. Minor bugs fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.2-6
    1. Mounting container in synchronous mode.
    2. ext2 and ext3 filesystem handling improved.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.2-5
    1. SuSE 8.2 compatibility added.
    2. ext3 filesystem handling improved.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.2-4
    1. Kernel panic on RedHat 9 SMP systems fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.2-3
    1. RedHat 9.0 compatibility added (thanks to Stephen Moehle).
    2. Minor bugs fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.2-2
    1. del_passwd command fixed (thanks to Rod Whitby).
    2. /etc/mtab handling fixed (thanks to Thomas Brackhahn).
    3. SuSE 8.1 compatibility added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.2
    1. BestCrypt Development Kit added.
    2. bctool info command behavior fixed for hidden part of container.
    3. Hidden part of container creation parameters interpretation fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.1-3
    1. Linux 2.4.19 compatibility fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.1-2
    1. Linux 2.4.19 compatibility fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.1
    1. Added urgent umount feature.
    2. Added umount all feature.
    3. Fixed array overrun (thanks to Dr. Andreas Rieke)
    4. Repaired compilation without module versioning.
    5. Documentation reviewed and updated.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-8
    1. Added fat32 support on large containers (thanks to Shawn Leard).
    2. Hangup/oops on 'bctool mount' fixed (thanks to Stephen Moehle).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-7
    1. Minor changes in getting random seed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-6
    1. Added RedHat 7.3 compatibility.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-5
    1. Enhanced program security.
    2. Added minimal support for Alpha.
    3. Incorrect versioning bug fixed in modules Makefile.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-4
    1. Added devfs compatibility (thanks to James Hawtin).
    2. Fixed bug with formating hidden part.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-3
    1. Added gcc V.3 compatibility, fixed devfs permissions (thanks to James Hawtin).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-2
    1. Fixed bug with rijndael compilation.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v1.0b-1
    1. Added hidden part support.
    2. Added advanced commands.
    3. Large files support added.
    4. Minor bugs fixed.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-9
    1. 2.4.13+ compatibility added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-8
    1. Added support for mounting container on its parent directory.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-7
    1. Mount locking segmentation fault error fixed (thanks to Sirron Davis).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-6
    1. 2.4.10 compatibility added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-5
    1. 2.4.8 compatibility added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-4
    1. 2.4.6 compatibility added (thanks to Carl Livitt).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-3
    1. Fixed bug with rpm on some systems.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-2
    1. Security bug fixed (thanks to Carl Livitt).
    2. Container locking added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.8-1
    1. Root access bug fixed (thanks to m0bius and Joel Eriksson).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.7-3
    1. SMP fix (thanks to James Hawtin).
    2. /proc filesystem information updated.
    3. Algorithm modules' Makefiles rearrangement.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.7-2
    1. Makefile fix for RedHat 7.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.7-1
    1. 2.4.3+ (actually 2.4.2 + loop patch) kernels support added. 2.4.0-2.4.2 support removed.
    2. 2.2.x and 2.4.3+ code partial merge.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.6-1
    1. Added new algorithms:
      • rijndael;
      • cast;
      • idea;
      • triple des;
      • blowfish-128 (128bit key length);
      • blowfish-448 (448bit key length).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.5b-2
    1. Root access bug fixed (thanks to Andreas Goedecke).
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.5b-1
    1. 2.4.x kernels support added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.4b-2
    1. Bugfix for blocks >1k (thanks to Ryan Anderson and Waldemar Karwath, who detected this bug).
    2. Encrypted swap file suppport.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.4b
    1. Added some verbosity (progress indicator).
    2. Added block device support.
    3. Added user, group and mode mount options.
    4. Disk access speedup.
    5. Driver stability increased.
    6. 2.3.32+ kernels support added.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.3b
    1. Device name changed from /dev/bc* to /dev/bcrypt*.
    2. fsck support added.
    3. SERIOUS BUG that may cause data damage is FIXED.
    4. 2.3.x kernels support added.
    5. loop device (/dev/loop*) support FIXED.
    6. Proper kernel version handling added.
    7. SMP kernels support added.
    8. Minor corrections.
  • BestCrypt for Linux v0.2b
    1. Initial release.
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