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Daniel Martin on #85 YAML Configuration File 2013-09-10 08:44:08

I think this is till a great solution, but I'd like to suggest you consider using the following in ./config/application.rb instead of a separate initializer:

ruby 
# Load application ENV vars and merge with existing ENV vars. Loaded here so can use values in initializers.
ENV.update YAML.load_file('config/application.yml')[Rails.env] rescue {}

Source:

http://quickleft.com/blog/simple-rails-app-configuration-settings

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Daniel Martin on #270 Authentication in Rails 3.1 2011-06-27 22:37:10

Use BCrypt::Password.create() instead of BCrypt::Engine and the library takes care of the salt for you:

ruby 
def create(secret, options = { :cost => BCrypt::Engine::DEFAULT_COST })
  Password.new(BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(secret, BCrypt::Engine.generate_salt(options[:cost]), options[:cost]))
end

http://bcrypt-ruby.rubyforge.org/classes/BCrypt/Password.html#M000007