Changes between 1.17 and 1.18a (17 August 2016) : All OSs: * Support Japanese encryption standard Camellia, including for Windows system encryption (MBR & EFI). * Support Russian encryption and hash standards Kuznyechik, Magma and Streebog, including for Windows EFI system encryption. - Windows: * Support of EFI system encryption (limitatations: no hidden os, no boot custom message) * Fix TrueCrypt vulnerability that enables detection of presence of hidden volumes (reported by Ivanov Aleksey Mikhailovich, alekc96 [at] mail dot ru) * Add benchmarking of hash algorithms and PRF with PIM (including for pre-boot). * Move build system to Visual C++ 2010 for better stability. * Fix boot issues on some machines by increasing required memory by 1 KiB * Workaround for AES-NI support under Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2. * Enhanced protection against dll hijacking attacks. * Correctly remove driver file veracrypt.sys during uninstall on Windows 64-bit. * Implement passing smart card PIN as command line argument (/tokenpin) when explicitly mounting a volume. * When no drive letter specified, choose A: or B: only when no other free drive letter is available. * Reduce CPU usage caused by the option to disable use of disconnected network drives. * Add new volume ID mechanism to be used to identify disks/partitions instead of their device name. * Add option to avoid PIM prompt in pre-boot authentication by storing PIM value unencrypted in MBR. * Add option and command line switch to hide waiting dialog when performing operations. * Add checkbox in "VeraCrypt Format" wizard GUI to skip Rescue Disk verification during system encryption procedure. * Allow files drag-n-drop when VeraCrypt is running as elevated process. * Minor GUI and translations fixes. - Linux: * Fix mount issue on Fedora 23. * Fix mount failure when compiling source code using gcc 5.x. * Adhere to XDG Desktop Specification by using XDG_CONFIG_HOME to determine location of configuration files. - Mac OSX: * Solve compatibility issue with newer versions of OSXFuse.