# Secure ruby, rails programming

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secure-ruby-rails-programming/176023>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 23, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secure-ruby-rails-programming/176023 "2009-09-23T19:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secure-ruby-rails-programming/176023/1 "2009-09-23T19:29:24Z")

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Hello Community,

I am just learning Ruby and Rails and would like to know what good  
security ruby gems are out there that will help me keep data sent over  
the wire secure or stored on a server secure vs plain old text.

Does rails provide this through it’s framework?  
What are some good encryption gems to use?

With respect to security and Ruby, what are good books or online sites  
that you Ruby Veteran use.

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**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secure-ruby-rails-programming/176023/2 "2009-09-23T19:32:55Z")

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Hello Rajinder!

To give you a short and sweet answer, there are lots of different  
plugins to  
use with rails that will help you with security. For instance, AuthLogic  
is  
a great user authentication plugin to handle accounts in a secure  
fashion

However, this is the general Ruby language list, and so it’s kind of a  
little off-topic. You should try the Rails specific help, you’ll find  
more  
and better help with Rails there.

-Steve

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**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secure-ruby-rails-programming/176023/3 "2009-09-23T19:43:28Z")

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On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Steve K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Hello Rajinder!
> 
> To give you a short and sweet answer, there are lots of different plugins to  
> use with rails that will help you with security. For instance, AuthLogic is  
> a great user authentication plugin to handle accounts in a secure fashion
> 
> However, this is the general Ruby language list, and so it’s kind of a  
> little off-topic. You should try the Rails specific help, you’ll find more  
> and better help with Rails there.

Hi Steve,  
thanks for the help and tip. I will keep this in mind when posting  
future questions to ruby-talk