Source: ruby-securecompare Section: ruby Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers Uploaders: Pirate Praveen Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), gem2deb, rake Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-securecompare.git Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-securecompare.git Homepage: https://github.com/samuelkadolph/securecompare Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-ruby XS-Ruby-Versions: all Package: ruby-securecompare Architecture: all XB-Ruby-Versions: ${ruby:Versions} Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} Description: string comparison method safe for use in cryptographic functions securecompare borrows the secure_compare private method from ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier which lets you do safely compare strings without being vulnerable to timing attacks. Useful for Basic HTTP Authentication in your rack/rails application.