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- @(#) $Id: RelNotes.txt,v 2.9 2005/03/16 20:11:10 svante Exp $
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- 1.6.1 2005-03-16
- Several annoyances removed, basically a bug-fix release. A potentially
- major bug in the uninstaller was fixed, under very unusual circumstances
- the uninstaller could remove more files than intended. This only applies
- if non-standard install locations were choosen during install, if so
- you should upgrade to this version before attempting uninstall.
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- 1.6 2004-11-27
- A major update, although few changes are visible to users.
- AxCrypt now supports trial use and strong digitally signed product
- activation codes. Irrelevant for the GPL version which remains free.
- A number of more or less minor bugs fixed, the most serious causing
- upgrade installations to fail. Nothing with security impact.
- Hungarian language is now supported!
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- 1.5.4.2 2004-09-11
- A very minor release. Fix a bug when upgrading previous versions
- in the installer.
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- 1.5.4 2004-08-28
- A maintenance release fixing various minor bugs and annoyances, the
- most serious causing failed upgrades. Self-decrypting archives now
- start with a simplified dialog.
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- 1.5.3.1 2004-06-29
- A patch for an re-/uninstall problem when using a custom Start Menu
- location, other Start Menu folders may get unintentionally deleted.
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- 1.5.3 2004-06-28
- A maintenance release with various bug-fixes and minor new
- features. Some prettier dialogs, true upgrade instead of uninstall
- followed by re-install, a bug reporting option on the context
- menu etc. The most critical bug-fix is broken NT4 compatibility.
- Minor documentation updates.
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- 1.5.2 2004-05-05
- Completed the Spanish translation. Kudos to Jacobo Fortuny Ayuso!
- A bug-fix, fixing loss of edited changes on network disconnect
- or forced removal of device. New feature to allow encrypt-to-copy
- from Windows Explorer. Migrated to more recent compiler and
- compression library. New documentation content and web site design.
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- 1.5.1 2004-03-21
- Many bug-fixes and minor improvements. None with security
- impact. Major new functionality in support of self-decrypting
- files, stand-alone install-free decrypt-only program.
- Generation and usage of key-files. Dynamic determination
- of key wrap iteration count depending on computer speed.
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- 1.4.3 2003-08-11
- Bug-fixes and improvements. 1.4.2 introduced a few problems
- in the application launch-logic, that's now further improved
- and fixed. A memory leak and a handle leak was fixed.
- Wild cards should work now.
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- 1.4.2 2003-07-04
- Mostly a bug-fix release. Many changes and additions too.
- One major annoyance, causing it to be unable to
- run as a non-Administrator on NT/2K/XP fixed. A serious
- problem (but affects very few) with file corruption in
- unusual network situations fixed. Due to that also made it
- possible to decrypt a file even if the HMAC is broken,
- but it requires enabling in the registry. Improved
- handling of read only files and removable media. Most
- wanted feature wild-cards on the command line is now
- implemented.
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- 1.4.1 2003-01-06
- Some minor annoyances with operations on the Desktop and
- Network Neighborhood on Win9x fixed. No longer reports
- file in use sometimes when attempting to open on XP/2K.
- Huge files could cause excessive disk space usage during
- operations. Fixed a situation where a previously used
- decryption key would become the default encryption key.
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- 1.4 2002-11-27
- Major fixes includes handling of .zip files in Windows XP,
- and a file wiping bug, causing data to be left unwiped in
- certain cases, depending on timing and os version. Also,
- Italian language texts are now included. Several minor
- changes, additions and bug-fixes. Recommend upgrade from
- previous version.
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- 1.3.0.2 2002-08-28
- Three minor bugs, one which was a memory leak, causing it
- to spontaneously combust (i.e. crash with Access Violation)
- after some time on a system with heavy usage.
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- 1.3 2002-08-25
- More command-line options to test for key in cache, anonymous
- rename from shell extension and command line, flag to ignore
- already encrypted from command-line. Most of all, only compress
- on need. Incompatible file-format change unfortunately,i.e.
- older versions can't read files produced by 1.3. Hopefully
- this is the last such change in a while.
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- 1.2.1 2002-08-20
- Fixes, changes and additions to improve command-line and
- non-interactive usage, server mode. Code clean-up and
- some minor bug-fixes. Not released to the web.
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- 1.2 2002-08-14
- One major bugfix affecting security, will read older files
- but previous releases will not read the new files.
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- Major reworking of the user interface allowing multi file
- and folder selection, as well as displaying progress bar
- visual feedback on longer operations.
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- Caching can be turned on or off optionally for both
- encryption default key and decryption keys.
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- A complete and documented command-line interface is now
- available for programmatic access to the functionality.
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- Spanish language texts added.
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- Internally some rewriting of the resident server code.
- Lots of minor bugfixes.
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- 1.1 2002-04-26
- Release 1.1. Minor bugfixes. German and French language texts.
- The source package now includes project and workspace files
- for direct re-build using VC++.
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- 1.0c1.1 2002-03-23
- Upgraded to Zlib 1.1.4 after CERT advisory. No other changes.
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- 1.0c1 2002-03-06
- Release Candidate 1. Only minor bug-fixes, changes and additions from Beta 6.
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- 0.0b6 2002-01-27
- This is the final Beta Release before release candidate 1.
- Improvements in key wrapping, entropy gathering and pseudo
- random number generation. Full support for 64-bit file-sizes.
- Final file format changes done as previously planned. No
- further changes planned for version 1, and if any are found
- absolutely necessary, backward compatibility will apply.
- Code structure and robustness further increased.
- Many bug-fixes.
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- 0.0b5 2002-01-02
- This beta includes now works on XP as well, which beta 4 did not.
- It is known to work on 98/2K/XP.
- Acknowledgements of successful testing on 95/NT/ME appreciated.
- The major visible change is that the context menu now uses the program name
- as a starting point for a sub-menu that may include several
- possible options. New is 'Wipe and Delete' functionality. Internally
- there are some bug-fixes and preparations for full 64-bit file size
- support. Improved temp-file location and allocation. Improved handling of
- system shutdown and logoff.
- THE NEXT BETA WILL BE FINAL AND WILL INCLUDE INCOMPATIBLE FILE FORMAT CHANGES!
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- 0.0b4
- - Improved handling of application launch.
- - Several bug-fixes (none with risk of data loss).
- - Improved entropy input to Pseudo Random Number Generator.
- - Increased robustness reading damaged files.
- - Memory leaks fixed and heap checking implemented.
- - Some minor rearranging of the source code.
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- 0.0b3
- - Various small fixes of adminstrative nature
- - Will now work twice ;-)
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- 0.0b2 2001-11-22
- - Fully functional, tested on Win 98 and 2000. Please let me know if it works (it should ;-) on NT/95/XP.
- - Don't be put off by the low revision number... It really is quite stable.
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