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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Intgr (talk | contribs) at 22:16, 30 October 2006 (→Link on filesystem infobox: response). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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.

I think that this article should be enhanced and renamed.

—Claunia 12:37, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Or better yet, enhance this Common filesystem features article.
—Claunia 12:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In the context of filesystems, it doesn't make any sense to talk about transparent block device-level encryption (disk encryption) - as any filesystem supports this method as long as the operating system has a means for disk encryption. I think the link caption in the filesystem infobox template should be changed instead to make it more clear. And I don't see a need for rename, either - there already are articles on full disk encryption and disk encryption which cover the disk-level encryption part. In my opinion, separating these is a good thing, as they are conceptually very different - although a generic article comparing the two would be nice to have, too. As for enhancing, name one article on Wikipedia that shouldn't be enhanced? ;) -- intgr 22:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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