From: Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@...>
Date: 2007-09-03T07:19:25+09:00
Subject: Re: 2 Way encryption for password

On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 07:33:51PM +0900, Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm creating a password database (a dangerous thing to do, I know!)  
> normally I'd hash the passwords for storage in the DB, but in this  
> case I need to be able to also reverse them to their original state.  
> I'm familiar with the digest module, but of course it isn't of use  
> here. I didn't see anything obvious on my Google travels. Could  
> anyone suggest how to perform encryption in ruby, in particular based  
> on a rails application...?

You might want to check out keybox and see if it would meet your needs.

    http://keybox.rubyforge.org/

Its a pure ruby password database utilizing the SSL libraries for
encryption.  It ships as a commandline application but it is fully
utilizable via its API.

If you have any questions, feel free to let me know.

enjoy,

-jeremy

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 Jeremy Hinegardner                              jeremy@hinegardner.org