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==Link on filesystem infobox==
Template for filesystems redirect here in "transparent encryption", however transparent encryption is both a per-file encryption (like EFS) and a per-volume encryption (like DR-DOS or Cryptoloop), that transparently encrypts and decrypts file/volume contents without the user or the programs knowing about that process.
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:: We may be splitting hairs here, but let's clarify: Windows implements what I'd call "conditional filesystem-level encryption". The encryption by EFS is entirely automated, not requiring any user intervention once it's initially configured, and it is transparent to all applications except those that explicitly implement the [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363783.aspx Backup APIs]. That said, it's conditional in that the EFS component driver will encrypt files only if it detects that either (a) the folder has the Encrypted attribute enabled, or (b) the user application (e.g. Windows Explorer, CIPHER.EXE) has passed an explicit flag to request that the file be created encrypted. Once a file is encrypted, it is kept encrypted automatically and updated, fully encrypted, in place (unless the user explicitly requests that the file be decrypted).
:: Question to the original poster (69.140.68.72): to what other mistakenly-labelled "filesystem-level encryption" application are you referring? <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:ParanoidMike|ParanoidMike]] ([[User talk:ParanoidMike|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/ParanoidMike|contribs]]) 22:07, August 27, 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
: Maybe the problem with "differentiation between filesystem-level encryption and cryptographic file systems" would be mitigated by my suggestions at [[Talk:Disk encryption/Archive 1#File & disk encryption article restructuring]]. Part of my suggestion is that this [[Filesystem-level encryption]] article would become just a redirect. [[User:Open4D|Open4D]] ([[User talk:Open4D|talk]]) 07:16, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
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