require 'openssl' module ActiveSupport # KeyGenerator is a simple wrapper around OpenSSL's implementation of PBKDF2 # It can be used to derive a number of keys for various purposes from a given secret. # This lets rails applications have a single secure secret, but avoid reusing that # key in multiple incompatible contexts. class KeyGenerator def initialize(secret, options = {}) @secret = secret # The default iterations are higher than required for our key derivation uses # on the off chance someone uses this for password storage @iterations = options[:iterations] || 2**16 end # Returns a derived key suitable for use. The default key_size is chosen # to be compatible with the default settings of ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier. # i.e. OpenSSL::Digest::SHA1#block_length def generate_key(salt, key_size=64) OpenSSL::PKCS5.pbkdf2_hmac_sha1(@secret, salt, @iterations, key_size) end end end