Storing Encrypted Data Securely using Active Record

by Charles Max Wood on September 29, 2009

Learn how to save data such as bank information, social security number, or other sensitive information in your Rails application securely by encrypting the data. By using spikex’s gem Strongbox, you can use private and public keys to secure your data in your database to where you must have the password to decrypt them.
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