# Authentication Plugins

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 22, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200 "2008-12-22T18:26:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daz)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200/1 "2008-12-22T18:26:13Z")

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Just wondering what people would recommend - restful\_authentication,  
acts\_as\_authenticated … or something else?

cheers,

DAZ

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**Author:** ![daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daz)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200/2 "2008-12-22T19:06:40Z")

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restful-authentication all the way. It’s always worked for any project  
I’ve needed user auth for.

– Josh  
[http://iammrjoshua.com](http://iammrjoshua.com)

DAZ wrote:

> Just wondering what people would recommend - restful\_authentication,  
> acts\_as\_authenticated … or something else?
> 
> cheers,
> 
> DAZ

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**Author:** ![daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daz)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200/3 "2008-12-22T19:55:57Z")

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I second that.

Casey

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Joshua A. \<

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**Author:** ![daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daz)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200/4 "2008-12-23T18:49:20Z")

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Thanks guys, anybody got any tips on how to use it, best practice etc?

DAZ

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**Author:** ![daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daz)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200/5 "2008-12-22T23:23:41Z")

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On Dec 22, 1:06 pm, Joshua A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> restful-authentication all the way. It’s always worked for any project  
> I’ve needed user auth for.  
> […]

That’s what I use (although I’ve been meaning to patch it to use  
bcrypt).

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)

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**Author:** ![daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@daz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daz)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication-plugins/156200/6 "2008-12-24T01:24:51Z")

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## The README is there to help you through it. The first command you’ll want to run after installing it is: script/generate authentication session user.

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