the restful authentication plugin does appear to be broken with rails (2.3.4) [name error and yes I know about the bug that is on hold]. Is their a better plugin/gem?
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I would suggest you look at http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic - It doesn't do the authorization part, but that's never terribly difficult to setup. What it does do, and do well is authentication.
thismat
2009-11-03 18:42:49
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I think most of developers will agree right now, authlogic is the best authentication plugin.
For authorization, I do personnaly really like acl9 which perfectly integrates with authlogic.
Damien MATHIEU
2009-11-03 18:45:01
Thanks for the heads up on acl9.
thismat
2009-11-03 18:48:49
Ditto, acl9 looks great. I'll be integrating that for my next project update. Literally uses the same methods I've developed internally. I thought I was so clever ;)
basszero
2009-11-03 18:51:58
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Somewhy no one even mentioned clearance. Is it really not worth mentioning?
I recently thought about using clearance instead of authlogic in a project, but didn't see enough advantages.
Leonid Shevtsov
2009-11-03 21:33:23
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A fairly new entry in this area is devise which is based on warden, a rack-based authentication solution.
You can see the popularity of the various plugins over at ruby toolbox.
Roland
2009-11-04 11:15:22