encryption_accessor

= encryption_accessor

This is a gem for allowing encryption of data (using AES256) from the Ruby side, with a dead simple API and accessor methods.

== Usage

Let's say you have a model User and your data is stored as plain text. To encrypt that data you have to do the following:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base .. encryption_accessor :first_name, :last_name, :password .. end

By adding this declaration, now the User model has created a couple of new methods for you (and also modified the existing standard accessors) for each field, such us: first_name_encrypt!, first_name_decrypt!, first_name_encrypred .. and the same for last_name and password.

Then, you can encrypt your fields of records already stored on the database, as the following example suggests:

u = User.find(1) u.first_name_encrypt! u.last_name_encrypt! u.password_encrypt! u.save(false)

Your data is now encrypted!

For new data, it's even simpler, as the old accessors has been redefined, look at this:

u = User.create(:first_name => 'Marcelo', :last_name => 'Giorgi')

That's it! The data is stored encrypted. You can test it:

u.first_name => 'Marcelo' u.first_name_encrypted => "57626921e35fa400b2ab3227abbfb98a"

Also it's important to notice that I didn't overwrite any finder methods. So if you want to query for an encrypted value you should do the following:

u = User.find_by_first_name_and_last_name(AESCrypt.encrypt('Marcelo'), AESCrypt.encrypt('Giorgi')) => #<User id: 1, first_name: "57626921e35fa400b2ab3227abbfb98a", last_name: "bc0059af127f097175f3aa5795841922", .. password: ...>

That's all I have to say. Let me know if it helps :)

== TODO

• Add specs !!
• Add more flexibility for another algorithms.

== License

Copyright (c) 2010 Marcelo Giorgi

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