From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-04-04T05:08:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Secure data storage

Stian Hole wrote:
> 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).

What platform is your application for? If it's for a UNIX-ish platform 
(Linux, OSX, etc.,) simple file access control may suffice. If you're 
dead serious about it, you can use heavyweight encryption.

Cheers,
Daniel Schierbeck