# Is there a way to determine which connections are using encryption?

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 8.0\
**Created:** [July 20, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-determine-which-connections-are-using-encryption/23795 "2023-07-20T17:25:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ipcmlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ipcmlr](https://forums.percona.com/u/ipcmlr)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-determine-which-connections-are-using-encryption/23795/1 "2023-07-20T17:25:47Z")

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I looked at the documentation but I can only see a way to check the session you are currently in.

SHOW SESSION STATUS LIKE ‘Ssl\_cipher’;

I am on 8.0.21-12.

thanks so much.

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**Author:** ![kedarpercona](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/kedarpercona/32/809_2.png) [@kedarpercona](https://forums.percona.com/u/kedarpercona)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-determine-which-connections-are-using-encryption/23795/2 "2023-07-20T17:59:11Z")

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Hi @ipcmlr,

Check out this blog:

> **[MySQL connection using SSL... or not ?](https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-connection-using-ssl-or-not/)**
>
> In this blog post, we'll determine a MySQL connection using SSL... or not.

Thanks,  
K