It is just an SHA1 hash. the hexdigest part is getting the hex representation of that hash.
Dieter Lunn http://www.coder2000.ca On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:50 AM, rusty <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
