From: Michael Gorsuch <michael.gorsuch@...>
Date: 2006-04-04T03:06:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Secure data storage

I would consider simply building an 'encrypt' method that you call
before saving, and a 'descrypt' to be called while loading.

You can then call these no matter what storage medium you decide to use.

On 4/3/06, Stian Hole <stian.hole@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am currently planning to write a diary type application using Ruby and
> FXruby, and I am therefor looking for a secure way of storing data.
> Using plain text files is of course out of the question, but I was
> thinking of using SQLite, could that be secure enough? The idea is that
> I don't want people to be able to simply view a users diary entries by
> opening a file (preferrably, the data should be secured with a password
> (and username) defined by the owner).
>
> I am fairly experienced with databases and programming, but rather new
> to Ruby and having to think about the fact that other people might be
> using my program and therefor unknown people might have direct access to
> the computer.
>
> Thanks for any answers, tips and suggestions :)
>
> Best regards,
> Stian Hole
>
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>
>


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