# I don't appear to have ccrypt in my Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-dont-appear-to-have-ccrypt-in-my-ruby/152195>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 31, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-dont-appear-to-have-ccrypt-in-my-ruby/152195 "2008-10-31T03:01:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-dont-appear-to-have-ccrypt-in-my-ruby/152195/1 "2008-10-31T03:01:14Z")

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Ruby is getting that or at least something that good for encryption,  
isn’t it?  
crypt is pretty much useless for any responsible attempts at security.

xc

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**Author:** ![Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-dont-appear-to-have-ccrypt-in-my-ruby/152195/2 "2008-10-31T10:13:49Z")

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Hello Xeno,

encryption/decryption tools are available as external libraries (like in  
any  
other good programming language).  
A quick search with [encryption ruby - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=encryption+ruby)  
reveals a  
lot of possible solutions.

Regards,  
Nicolai

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**Author:** ![Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-dont-appear-to-have-ccrypt-in-my-ruby/152195/3 "2008-10-31T12:18:08Z")

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Xeno C. wrote:

> Ruby is getting that or at least something that good for encryption,

There is a comprehensive binding to openssl in the standard library.  
Documentation isn’t brilliant but you can google for examples.

Alternatively, if you just need to encrypt and decrypt files, then you  
could look at ruby-gpgme