release_notes.txt

TCHead Release Notes

* General

TCHead only decrypts the header, nothing else. To decrypt further,
use the discovered password with TrueCrypt to perform a mount.

* Build

To compile TCHead, you need a modern C++ compiler, Boost and Botan. 
See the build scripts for details on linking, etc. It's simple to build.
Statically linked binaries for Linux are provided.

* Versions

* 0.1 
Release Date - December 4th, 2011
Supported Volume Header Version - The v5 structure (TrueCrypt 7.0 to Present)
Supported Hashes - RIPEMD-160, SHA-512, Whirlpool 
Supported Ciphers - AES, Serpent, Twofish
Supported Modes - XTS
Unsupported - Cascading ciphers and key files.

* 0.2
Release Date - December 16th, 2011
Added support for decrypting hidden volume headers (--hidden option)
Other small clean-ups and enhancements.

* 0.3
Release Date - June 3rd, 2012 (small change, not released)
Added support for stdin when attempting multiple passwords.

* 0.4
Release date - October 10th, 2012
Added support for cracking TC system drive encryption (preboot authentication).

* 0.5
Release date - October 11th, 2012
Removed single password option '-p' as it's not very useful.
Removed memory limitation on word list. Very large word lists are now supported.