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require 'digest/sha1'
module Authentication
# Generating a hash is a common task across many authentication
# modules. This mixin makes the task easier.
module HashHelper
protected
# Will hash the given string based on the given salt. The default
# salt is the site salt. This is defined by the constant
# AUTHENTICATION_SALT. If not defined then the installation
# directory of the application will be used as the site salt.
def hash_string(string, salt=site_salt)
Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("#{salt}---#{string}")
end
private
# Will retrieve the site salt.
def site_salt
return AUTHENTICATION_SALT if Object.const_defined? 'AUTHENTICATION_SALT'
File.expand_path Rails.root
end
end
end
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