rails encryption/decryption

Question

i need to do encryption and decryption in my rails app. Im trying to use ezcrypto, but whenever i do decryption i get this error.

OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError in         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem as you and this is how I solved it:

1. Your database column has to be: t.column :data, :binary, :limit => 10.megabyte.
2. Use the exact code as this blog post.
3. Choose AES-256-ECB
4. Leave ivs as nil
5. Choose a long key