Sandboxie-Plus 1.11.0, 1.11.1 Pre-Release

you can check if it works ucing windows terminal:

Code:

C:\Sandbox>dir /x
 Volume in Laufwerk C: hat keine Bezeichnung.
 Volumeseriennummer: D4C8-FD36

 Verzeichnis von C:\Sandbox

26.08.2023  21:19    <DIR>                       .
26.08.2023  21:19    <DIR>                       ..
26.08.2023  21:17    <DIR>          DEFAUL~1     DefaultBox
17.06.2023  21:28                62              DONT-USE.TXT
18.08.2023  20:46     2.147.483.648 NEW_BO~1.BOX New_Box_1.box
26.08.2023  21:19    <JUNCTION>                  RamBox [\Device\ImDisk0\RamBox]
               2 Datei(en),  2.147.483.710 Bytes
               4 Verzeichnis(se), 613.488.435.200 Bytes 

as you see here for the RamDisk sandbox it shows the folder is a junction and where it points to

 

I see there is a bug, when you delete a box content on set to use ramdisk the re created folder is no longer a junction, to fix a reastart of teh service is needed, will fix this asap

 

@DavidXanatos

I hoped the RAM-disk would improve the startup of S-boxie since it is rather slow for me. Takes a long time. Maybe it is just my system, but i do not think so.
Or maybe this is something that you know about which will be improved in the future?

 

version 1.11.0a with the fix for the ramdisk junction re creation is up, you can run the live updater to get the build

 

So going forward does this mean to get all new features you'll have to purchase the upgrade? Will you be separating new features into different upgrade packs or just adding them to one upgrade pack? I wasn't expecting a sudden change in having to buy an upgrade pack for new features on top of buying Sandboxie every year. I always thought new features would be included when you buy Sandboxie and now everything changed and got more expensive.

If I get the Sandboxie Plus Personal and the upgrade, after one year when my certificate expires, I can keep all the Sandboxie features up to the expiration but what about the upgrade? Do you get to keep the upgrade features when the certificate expires?

 

Is SbieSvc.exe the only change? The updated version still shows v1.11.0 (not v1.11.0a).
I used the following batch file to get the updated files (my portable folder is D:\SbiePlus):

Code:

D:\SbiePlus\UpdUtil.exe update sandboxie-plus /version:1.11.0 /path:D:\SB_Update

This downloads the files to the folder D:\SB_Update for me to check (and update manually).

 

The box encryption, combined with box root protection and box confidentiality, opens a completely new usage scenario, instead of protecting once system from whats sandboxed, it protects whats sandboxed from the rest of the system. So that one can run password managers, crypto wallets, or any software handling highly confidential corporate data in a protected and encrypted environment.
IMHO this really would merit to be a new product on its own, and I hope it willl address a new user bases, hence its special threatement.

Other new functionaity like the ram disk support does not require an advanced certificate,
and there will be more new features added to the non advanced feature sets in future.

With a personal advanced cert all features for the last build before its expiration remain active.
With a advanced subscription all featues will be disabled once it expires.
So the Advanced option only changes the unlocked feature set not the criteria when these are unlocked.

 

fixed updating now should also update sandman.exe and then no longer prompt again

 

try clicking the check for update in the help menu, it should download the missing files, I think in your case its somewhat caught in a limbo state as the previouse update was missing sandman.exe you may also go to the data directroy where sandboxie-plus.ini is and delete update.json

 

new update 1.11.0b

### Added
- added 'RamDiskLetter=R:\' option allowing to mount the ramdisk root to a drive letter

### Fixed
- fixed Side logo cut-off in all wizards [#3227](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/3227)
- fixed Text cut-off in box creation wizard [#3226](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/3226)

 

What version of Diskcryptor is being used with v1.11.0?

 

Thank you
Minor issue: Sandman UI=>Help=>About (text on the left, below logo, only partially displayed)

EDIT: I'm on Win7 SP1 x64

 

DC version 1.2.3 but that is not relevant as the format did not change for a very long time.

 

I've been doing this for many years with ImDisk directly; no encryption but I could possibly do that using Cryptomator.

What am I missing that is new/so good doing it via, in my case, SB+?

 

Well its easier as you can configure the RamDisk it in the sandboxie UI, and it makes it easy to set it up without exposing a visible drive letter.
EDIT: I almost forgot IIRC the original Dynamic RamDisk utility fails when you try to expand the ram disk, Sbie+'s ImBox.exe does not have this issue soy ou can use the imdisks control panel to expand the RAMDisk on the fly.

The Encryption feature is a separate story...
Unlike combining 3rd party tools using sandboxie directly allows its driver to guard the mounted encrypted image device so that no un-sandboxed process on the system can access the files, in addition to this the driver can protect the memory of sandboxed processes from being read.
What does this mean is that a sandboxed notepad with a list of passwords saved to a file in the encrypted sandbox image is effectively more secure than any password manager running with user permissions on the system.

As it is now, without a driver standing guard, or running a password manager (or Crypto Wallet) any other process running under your user can read its entire memory and ex filtrate any data it wants.

 

1. isn't it enough to have it in the box own section?

2. that is really odd booth menus should just invoke sandman exe which then starts the process in question, I'll look into it asap.

 

@stapp

2.

Code:

NormalFilePath=Start.exe,|%SystemDrive%\Users\Public\Desktop\*.lnk
NormalFilePath=Start.exe,|%UserProfile%\Desktop\*.lnk

 

Update 1.11.0d fixed imbox imcompatybility with windows 7

 

i cant reproduce that one, are you using some special settings dpi scaling etc??

 

Sandman DPI: Native, 100.
This machine is a tower with an Acer monitor (1680x1050).
On another Win7Pro laptop (v1.10.2) and Win10 21H1 laptop (v1.10.5),
the 'about' screen is blank just below the sandbox image.
I have hardly ever opened 'about' screen before, so I don't even know
what it used to (or should) look like. So, no big deal for me.