Filesystem-level encryption: Difference between revisions

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'''Filesystem-level encryption''', often called file or folder encryption, is a form of [[disk encryption]] where individual files or directories are [[encryption|encrypted]] by the [[file system]] itself. This is in contrast to [[full disk encryption]] where the entire partition or disk, in which the file system resides, is encrypted.

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==See also==

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* [[Steganographic file system]]

* [[List of cryptographic file systems]]

* [[Disk encryption]]

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