# AES Encryption using Scripting

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**Created:** [May 1, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/aes-encryption-using-scripting/24554 "2019-05-01T12:53:35Z")\
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You could translate the Java code here into Jython _fairly_ easily; drop type information, curly braces, and add qualified imports (`from package import Class`) at the top of the file:

> **[Java AES Encryption Decryption Example - HowToDoInJava](https://howtodoinjava.com/java/java-security/java-aes-encryption-example/)**
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> Java support many secure encryption algorithms but some of them are weak to be used in security-intensive applications. For example, the Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption algorithm is considered highly insecure; messages encrypted using DES...

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