encrypted_strings

= encrypted_strings

+encrypted_strings+ provides dead-simple string encryption/decryption syntax.

== Resources

API

• http://api.pluginaweek.org/encrypted_strings

Bugs

• http://pluginaweek.lighthouseapp.com/projects/13270-encrypted_strings

Development

• http://github.com/pluginaweek/encrypted_strings

Source

• git://github.com/pluginaweek/encrypted_strings.git

== Description

Encrypting and decrypting data is not exactly the most straightforward and DRY way. encrypted_strings improves the syntax and reduces the complexity, adding straightforward support for encrypting values using SHA-1, Symmetric, and Asymmetric ciphers.

== Usage

=== SHA Encryption

password = 'shhhh' => "shhhh" encrypted_password = password.encrypt => "66c85d26dadde7e1db27e15a0776c921e27143bd" encrypted_password.class => String encrypted_password.cipher => #<EncryptedStrings::ShaCipher:0x2b9238889460 @salt="salt"> encrypted_password == 'shhhh' => true encrypted_password.decrypt NotImplementedError: Decryption is not supported using a(n) EncryptedStrings::ShaCipher from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/plugins/encrypted_strings/lib/encrypted_strings/cipher.rb:13:in decrypt' from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/plugins/encrypted_strings/lib/encrypted_strings/extensions/string.rb:52:in decrypt' from (irb):40

When encrypt is called, it creates a +cipher+ instance which is used for future encryption and decryption of the string. The default cipher uses SHA-1 encryption. For ciphers that do not support decryption, equality with other strings is tested by encrypting the other string and checking whether the resulting encrypted value is the same.

=== Symmetric Encryption

password = 'shhhh' => "shhhh" crypted_password = password.encrypt(:symmetric, :password => 'secret_key') => "qSg8vOo6QfU=\n" crypted_password.class => String crypted_password == 'shhhh' => true password = crypted_password.decrypt => "shhhh"

=== Asymmetric encryption

password = 'shhhh' => "shhhh" crypted_password = password.encrypt(:asymmetric, :public_key_file => './public.key', :private_key_file => './private.key') => "NEwVzcikYUKfS8HTc9L9eg/dMxBCLZ/nFr7J1aQYjkl3I2MPUD0lmjr/saC6\nTJEPwOl60Ki24H8TUwnGtZy14A==\n" crypted_password.class => String crypted_password == 'shhhh' => true password = crypted_password.decrypt => "shhhh"

== Dependencies

None.

== References

• Rick Olson - sentry[http://github.com/technoweenie/sentry]