From: Roland Schmitt <Roland.Schmitt@...>
Date: 2005-02-19T00:39:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Crypto Lib for Ruby

Hi,

ehaselsteiner@gmx.at schrieb:
> We did a really nice test tool in Ruby and I am really happy with the 
> language.
> 
> Now, we would have to add cryptographic functions to our tests. Basically 
> DES, AES, SHA-1, HMAC, and RSA. So, I looked for crypto libraries for 
> Ruby. The only thing I found was OpenSSL. But this seems to be not 
> documented and I found only people telling that it is not working. I was 
> also not able to find an openssl.rb file which I could use just out of the 
> box.
> 

I think the openssl module is quite good enough for basic crypto 
functions like the ones you have mentioned. I used them to extend the 
soap4r module to communicate with ws-security web services on  .NET 
plattforms.

So the module works quite good, but the missing of documentation and 
examples is still sad.

> What is the status of this OpenSSL project ? The homepage looks kind of 
> not maintained.
> 
> Did I miss any alternatives ?
No one, AFAIK.

> 
> I also thought about using Java for the crypto stuff, but integrating Java 
> also seems quite tricky and not very clean. Did I miss anything here ?
> 
> Any help is appreciated
> 
> Best,
> Ernst
> 
> Ernst Haselsteiner
> Philips Austria
> 
> 

Regards,
Roland