# Authentication and authorization

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-and-authorization/172310>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 19, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-and-authorization/172310 "2009-07-19T06:04:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rajendra)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-and-authorization/172310/1 "2009-07-19T06:04:31Z")

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hi, i want some information about the pluing’s available for  
authentication and authorizations.

can any one tell me what are the plugins available in ROR for  
authentication and authorization. suggest me which is best one.

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**Author:** ![rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rajendra)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-and-authorization/172310/2 "2009-07-19T14:31:05Z")

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Rajendra B. wrote:

> hi, i want some information about the pluing’s available for  
> authentication and authorizations.
> 
> can any one tell me what are the plugins available in ROR for  
> authentication and authorization. suggest me which is best one.

I suggest that you at least consider these:

Authentication:

> **[GitHub - binarylogic/authlogic: A simple ruby authentication solution.](https://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic/tree/master)**
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> master

Authorisation:

> **[GitHub - stffn/declarative\_authorization: An unmaintained authorization plugin...](https://github.com/stffn/declarative_authorization/tree/master)**
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> master

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**Author:** ![rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rajendra)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-and-authorization/172310/3 "2009-07-19T16:12:33Z")

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James B. wrote:  
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> Authorisation:  
> [GitHub - stffn/declarative\_authorization: An unmaintained authorization plugin for Rails. Please fork to support current versions of Rails](http://github.com/stffn/declarative_authorization/tree/master)

I didn’t know about that one! I’ll check it out.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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**Author:** ![rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@rajendra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rajendra)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-and-authorization/172310/4 "2009-07-19T22:09:24Z")

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Hi  
I am using Authlogic + Lockdown, it works OK, except for a couple of  
non-critical bugs

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