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diff --git a/ec2/ec2.py b/ec2/ec2.py
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+#ec2 functions go here
+
+import boto3
+import botocore
+import pprint
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=5, width=80)
+
+regions = ['us-east-1', 'us-west-2', 'ap-northeast-2', 'ap-southeast-1', 'ap-southeast-2', 'ap-northeast-1', 'eu-central-1', 'eu-west-1']
+
+# right now this will print a file with nothing if bad key, should fix at some point --otherwise can assume its a valid key 
+# we are past the enumeration stage at this point
+def review_encrypted_volumes(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY):
+	print("Reviewing EC2 Volumes... This may take a few....")
+	not_encrypted = []
+	encrypted = []
+	try:
+		with open("{}-volumes_list.txt" .format(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID), "w") as fout:
+			for region in regions:
+				client = boto3.client(
+					'ec2',
+					aws_access_key_id = AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+					aws_secret_access_key = AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
+					region_name=region
+				)
+
+				response = client.describe_volumes(Filters=[{
+					'Name' : 'status',
+					'Values' : ['in-use']
+				}])['Volumes']
+		
+				for volume in response:
+					if volume['Encrypted']:
+						encrypted.append(volume['VolumeId'])
+					else:
+						not_encrypted.append(volume['VolumeId'])
+					fout.write("\nEncrypted: " + str(volume['Encrypted']))
+					for attachments in volume['Attachments']:
+						fout.write("\nInstance ID: " + attachments['InstanceId'])
+					fout.write("\nVolume ID: " + volume['VolumeId'])
+					fout.write("\nRegion: " + region)
+					fout.write("\n" + "-" * 40)
+			print("Writing out results")
+			fout.write("\nNot encrypted: " + str(len(not_encrypted)) + "\n")
+			fout.write(pprint.pformat(not_encrypted))
+			fout.write("\nEncrypted: " + str(len(encrypted)) + "\n")
+			fout.write(pprint.pformat(encrypted))
+	except botocore.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+		if e.response['Error']['Code'] == 'UnauthorizedOperation':
+			print('{} : (UnauthorizedOperation) when calling the DescribeVolumes -- sure you have ec2 permissions?' .format(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID))
+		else:
+			print e
+
+
+
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+
+'''
+This file is used to list EBS volumes and whether or not they are encrypted. This is only for "in-use" (running) volumes.
+'''
+
+import boto3
+import botocore
+
+import json
+import urllib
+import logging
+import sys,os
+import pprint
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=5, width=80)
+
+from ec2.ec2 import *
+
+#insert AWS key, will figure out how to pull this in from a single file for all scripts
+
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = ''
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY =''
+
+review_encrypted_volumes(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
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