encrypted_strings

encrypted_strings provides dead-simple string encryption/decryption syntax.

Resources

API

• api.pluginaweek.org/encrypted_strings

Bugs

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

Development

• 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 greatly improves upon this syntax and adds straightforward support for encrypting values using SHA-1, Symmetric, and Asymmetric modes.

Usage

SHA Encryption

  >> password = "shhhh"
  => "shhhh"
  >> crypted_password = password.encrypt
  => "66c85d26dadde7e1db27e15a0776c921e27143bd"
  >> crypted_password.class
  => String
  >> crypted_password.encryptor
  => #<PluginAWeek::EncryptedStrings::ShaEncryptor:0x2b9238889460 @salt="salt">
  >> crypted_password == "shhhh"
  => true
  >> crypted_password.decrypt
  NotImplementedError: Decryption is not supported using a(n) PluginAWeek::EncryptedStrings::ShaEncryptor
          from ./script/../config/../config/../vendor/plugins/encrypted_strings/lib/encrypted_strings/encryptor.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 an encryptor instance which is used for future encryption and decryption of the string. The default encryptor uses SHA-1 encryption. For encryption modes 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, :key => "my_key")
  => "jDACXI5hMPI=\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