diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index b2cec1ff..0ef92e60 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DEC - Delphi Encryption Compendium
 Version 6.5
 
 Copyright (c) 2018 - 2020 Norman Gallery (ng931884 [at] gmx [dot] de)
-Copyright (c) 2016 - 2022 Markus Humm (markus [dot] humm [at] googlemail [dot] com) (main contact)
+Copyright (c) 2016 - 2023 Markus Humm (markus [dot] humm [at] googlemail [dot] com) (main contact)
 Copyright (c) 2008 - 2019 Frederik A. Winkelsdorf (winkelsdorf [at] gmail [dot] com)
 Copyright (c) 1999 - 2008 Hagen Reddmann (HaReddmann [at] T-Online [dot] de)
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Gloegg
 pierangelodalben
 denovosoftware
 alexrayne
+Stevie
 
 Parts of the work loosely based on the works of Wolfgang Erhardt, who is
 unfortunately dead already.
diff --git a/Source/DECCipherInterface.pas b/Source/DECCipherInterface.pas
index bfb611de..e13ba4f0 100644
--- a/Source/DECCipherInterface.pas
+++ b/Source/DECCipherInterface.pas
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   under the License.
 *****************************************************************************}
 unit DECCipherInterface;
+{$INCLUDE DECOptions.inc}
 
 interface
 
diff --git a/Source/DECHashBase.pas b/Source/DECHashBase.pas
index ebfeea2c..f7ecc723 100644
--- a/Source/DECHashBase.pas
+++ b/Source/DECHashBase.pas
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@   TDECHashClass = class of TDECHash;
   TDECHash = class(TDECObject)  // does not find methods of the interface as it
                                 // searches for AnsiString instead of RawByteString
                                 // and thus does not find that
-  private
+  protected
   {$ELSE}
   TDECHash = class(TDECObject, IDECHash)
   strict private