# Authentication

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication/144286>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication/144286 "2008-07-28T08:54:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bishal)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication/144286/1 "2008-07-28T08:54:43Z")

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can somebody explain how the toke based authentication works over HTTP ?  
I need its implementation in REST.

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**Author:** ![bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bishal)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authentication/144286/2 "2008-07-28T13:02:34Z")

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I think you can try out the Restful Authentication Plugin in Rails.

On Jul 28, 11:54 am, Bishal A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)