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Revision: 80597
at March 21, 2020 23:08 by chrisaiv
Updated URL 
https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2007/10/21/ruby-encrypting-passwords-for-a-database-using-one-way-hash-technique-sha1/
Updated Code 
https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2007/10/21/ruby-encrypting-passwords-for-a-database-using-one-way-hash-technique-sha1/

Revision: 4072
at October 21, 2007 17:58 by chrisaiv
Initial Code 
#A. Import the SHA1 Method
require "digest/sha1"
#B. Encrypt the Password string
@hash_pass = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest('super password')
#C. Display the encrypted password
puts @hash_pass
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Before you save a password to a database, it may make sense to encrypt it. That way when you do some user authentication, you can compare the users submitted password to the one on the database.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Encrypting passwords for a database using one-way hash technique (SHA1)

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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ruby

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Ruby