zuluCrypt Changelog

What's new in zuluCrypt 4.7.8

Nov 30, 2015
  • add support for usage of keys that are made up by a combination of a passphrase and a keyfile."hmac" plugin
  • should be used to unlock volumes generated by this combination.
  • fix problems caused by updated versions of certain utilities we rely on.

New in zuluCrypt 4.7.7 (Sep 2, 2015)

  • make zuluCrypt-gui window and zuluMount-gui window resizable with the new sizes surviving restarts.
  • add support for creating and opening VeraCrypt volumes that use dynamic mode.

New in zuluCrypt 4.7.5 (Mar 1, 2015)

  • add abilities in zuluMount-gui to hide useless entries like windows recovery partitions from view. These entries can be set to show/hide through tray icon context menu.
  • add ability to mount and unmount encfs volumes in zuluMount-gui.A folder with encrypted files can be unlocked by dragging it and then dropping it on zuluMount-gui main window.
  • add ablity to create TrueCrypt volumes using a passphrase together with one or more keyfiles.Previous versions allowed creation of volumes using either a passphrase or a single keyfile.
  • add support for opening of VeraCrypt volumes(cryptsetup >= 1.7.0 required).

New in zuluCrypt 4.7.4 (Oct 6, 2014)

  • fix a bug that hanged zuluMount-gui on failed attempt at unlocking a plain dm-crypt volume at a none zero offset.a plain dm-crypt volume at
  • a none zero offset can be used as a hidden volume ala TrueCrypt hidden volume feature.No protetcion of hidden volume though.

New in zuluCrypt 4.6.8 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • Store partition id in wallets by device hardware id on volumes that do not have UUID( non LUKS volumes )
  • Add support for exfat file system.
  • Add support for creating a backup and restoring from backup truecrypt volume headers(tcplay >=2.0.0 required)
  • Add a simple CLI tool(zuluSafe-cli) that can be used to store multiple files securely in a single wallet file.
  • Add support in zuluMount for opening a plain volume at a user specified offset.This ability will allow hidden volume type functionality.
  • Add support for multi device btrfs volumes.

New in zuluCrypt 4.6.7 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Fix a regression on zuluMount-gui that caused a hang when checking for properties of an opened volume opened by a different user.

New in zuluCrypt 4.6.6 (Nov 18, 2013)

  • fix a regression,retrieving keys from kwallet using volume UUID broke.
  • volumes in gnome are now stored in libsecret and no longer in libgnome-keyring
  • add a GUI window in zuluCrypt-gui to manage keys in libsecret wallet,internal wallet and kde kwallet.
  • add an internal system that can securely store keys independently of kde kwallet and gnome libsecret.Useful to those who
  • want to store keys securely but dont want gnome or kde dependencies
  • add compile time option to use mount points in user home directory instead of "/run/media/private"
  • NOTE: changes in management of wallets are not backward compatible and hence volumes will have to be readded after the update.My
  • apologies for the inconvenience.
  • drop support for updating /etc/mtab and remove libmount as a required dependency
  • add a Qt5 port,see build instrunctions on how to build Qt5 version

New in zuluCrypt 4.6.5 (Sep 2, 2013)

  • add support for opening truecrypt system volumes
  • add internatiolization support
  • zuluMount-gui is now aware of volumes that are mounted or unmounted outside of it. This gives zuluMount-gui an ability to automount
  • newly attached devices.
  • encrypted volumes that reside in files can be opened simply by drag and drop them in zuluCrypt-gui or zuluMount-gui windows
  • various changes and improvements

New in zuluCrypt 4.6.2 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • add config option to not build KDE and/or GNOME support even when the system has support for them
  • add support for LVM volumes
  • add support for consulting udev in addition to fstab when deciding if a system is system or not
  • add tcplay as an optional dependency to allow creation of truecrypt volumes
  • fix bug:truecrypt volumes with multiple ciphers did not close properly
  • fix bug:volumes did not close properly if mount point had a space character among others in it
  • feature added:users who are members of "zulumount-exec" group will have their volumes opened with "exec" mount option.
  • This will allow them to be able to execute commands from the mount point.The default and recommended option is not mount with "noexec" option.
  • feature added:A "-M" option is added that will create a publicly accessible "mirror" of a mount point in "/run/share" from the private
  • original one created in "/run/media/$USER.This option is there to allow a user to mount a volume and have it accessible from other users of the system.
  • zuluMount-gui now adds and removed from its list as devices are added and removed from the system.A right click context menu option can be set to allow
  • unencrypted volumes to also be automounted.
  • add a command line option to zuluMount-gui to start it up without showing the GUI