exactly, that's what I meant, sorry.  Is this just a sha1() hash?  I
guess I'm not fully understanding what Ruby is doing here.

Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("--#{salt}--#{password}--")

What is 'hexdigest'?

On May 10, 8:42 am, Dieter Lunn <[email protected]> wrote:
> You shouldn't have to decrypt it. As with the login code in ruby you
> compare hash to hash.
>
> Dieter Lunnhttp://www.coder2000.ca
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:38 AM, rusty <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello all, I have a client with an older Rails 1.8 app (was recently
> > upgraded from 1.6) and I need to integrate a php site to use the same
> > user login creds.
>
> > I'm not very versed with Ruby but I think this is the code that
> > encrypts the password.
>
> > [code]
> >  # Encrypts some data with the salt.
> >  def self.encrypt(password, salt)
> >    Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("--#{salt}--#{password}--")
> >  end
>
> >  # Encrypts the password with the user salt
> >  def encrypt(password)
> >    self.class.encrypt(password, salt)
> >  end[/code]
>
> > So.... I have full db access so I have the encrypted passwords and
> > their associated salts.  And I need a php script to verify users.  Is
> > there as way for me to un-encrypt this password via php and the
> > database that Ruby is using?
>
> > Thanks in advance for any guidance or assistance you may be able to
> > provide.
>
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