Are there any open source filesystems for Windows that support encryption?

Question

I know that NTFS supports encryption but otherwise is closed source. Likewise, I am aware of add-ins such as truecrypt but I am interested in encryption being built-in vs being bolted on.

Answer 1

No.

There's Bitlocker, but it's implementation is closed source. Everything else not manufactured by Microsoft will, by definition, be "bolted on". Microsoft doesn't provide any open source filesystems in their OSes, AFAIK.

Answer 2

Keep in mind that encryption is often not done at the filesystem level. It's done at the block level, where sectors are actually read/written to disk. This allows one to use any filesystem with the encryption, as the filesystem sits on top of the encryption layer.

Answer 3

Any specific use cases?

TrueCrypt supports full volume encryption, with a boot password. I have been unable to confirm this, but I believe that BitLocker also requires a password at boot. TrueCrypt is the only option I've been able to find, and it is relatively mature. Full disk encryption with TrueCrypt would be transparent - I'm not sure what you mean by "bolted-on", but I assume you mean not having to mount an encrypted volume each time you log in.

Edit: Unfortunately there is no version of FUSE for Windows. There are the Dokan libraries, but they're not widely used AFAIK.

Answer 4

Personally, I use TrueCrypt, but PGP is excellent too.