# Asymmetric and symmetric encryption in Legato
**URL:** https://forum.legato.io/t/asymmetric-and-symmetric-encryption-in-legato/5541
**Category:** Legato Application Framework
**Created:** [December 12, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/asymmetric-and-symmetric-encryption-in-legato/5541 "2020-12-12T21:12:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@jeremyinvictoria](https://forum.legato.io/u/jeremyinvictoria)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/asymmetric-and-symmetric-encryption-in-legato/5541/1 "2020-12-12T21:12:16Z")
Does Legato framework provide built-in Asymmetric and symmetric encryption library?
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### Author:  [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/asymmetric-and-symmetric-encryption-in-legato/5541/2 "2020-12-13T02:39:50Z")
Does the ssl library help?
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### Author:  [@jeremyinvictoria](https://forum.legato.io/u/jeremyinvictoria)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/asymmetric-and-symmetric-encryption-in-legato/5541/3 "2020-12-15T23:46:13Z")
I’m looking for a encryption/decryption library in which I can encrypt a string with a public key, then transmit the encrypted string via SMS to an Android device, then the Android side can decrypt the string using its private key.
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### Author:  [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/asymmetric-and-symmetric-encryption-in-legato/5541/4 "2020-12-16T00:49:20Z")
you can see here:
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