1 require 'active_support/deprecation'
4 # A class for creating random secret keys. This class will do its best to create a
5 # random secret key that's as secure as possible, using whatever methods are
6 # available on the current platform. For example:
8 # generator = Rails::SecretKeyGenerator("some unique identifier, such as the application name")
9 # generator.generate_secret # => "f3f1be90053fa851... (some long string)"
11 # This class is *deprecated* in Rails 2.2 in favor of ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.
12 # It is currently a wrapper around ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.
13 class SecretKeyGenerator
14 def initialize(identifier
)
17 # Generate a random secret key with the best possible method available on
18 # the current platform.
20 ActiveSupport
::SecureRandom.hex(64)
22 deprecate
:generate_secret=>"You should use ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(64)"