From: rpardee@...
Date: 2005-04-02T06:39:43+09:00
Subject: Re: what password obfuscation options are there in standard ruby on windows?

Aye--thanks.  I actually saw that & followed the openssl rabbit down
the hole until I got to the whole "here's the source--get you a
compiler & have at it" part.

I need to run my script from several computers, all of which are
scheduled for OS upgrades (read: hd wipes) in the near future.  So I
was hoping for something that comes right out of the box w/ruby, so I
wouldn't have to remember where I got something & how I installed it.

But this is pretty low-priority stuff--I'm just trying to keep out the
shoulder-surfers.  So if I have to do base64, that's far from tragic.

So is this a good place to agitate/whine for the inclusion of some of
the all-ruby crypto algorithms out there in the standard lib?  Maybe
nothing's ready for prime-time?  Maybe it's better to try to get it in
the windows one-click installer, on the theory that the unixies (and
macsters?) all have openssl?

Thanks all,

-Roy