# Does Ruby has free DES encrypt lib?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-ruby-has-free-des-encrypt-lib/147565 "2008-09-03T07:31:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-ruby-has-free-des-encrypt-lib/147565/1 "2008-09-03T07:31:04Z")

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Does Ruby has free DES encrypt lib?

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**Author:** ![youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/youhaodeyi)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-ruby-has-free-des-encrypt-lib/147565/2 "2008-09-03T09:14:59Z")

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I think there is a DES cipher in the openssl api. Unfornutately, this  
is not well documented.

Check openssl ruby-stdlib documentation.