Learn how to apply OpenID to an existing Authlogic setup as I show in this episode. This builds upon the app from episode 160.

Authentication can get very complex. In this episode I show how Authlogic can handle this complexity while you stay in control of how it is presented to the user.

Everyone's had the problem of wanting to access and allow access to web services/APIs for extensions and plugins, but this usually means handling login...

This episode shows how to encrypt the variables passed to PayPal and verify the authenticity of the payment notifications (IPN).

Chris Abad talks a little bit about providing web services to your Rails application using some of the new REST features found in Edge Rails. At the en...

Kevin Clark gives us a brief overview of two of Rick Olson’s authentication plugins: acts_as_authenticated and restful_authentication.

Rails 2.0 offers an extremely easy way to do HTTP basic authentication. See how in this episode.

Ever wonder how to implement OpenID authentication in your Rails app? This episode will show you how to add it to a site with an existing authentication system

Need multiple user authentication? If so, the restful_authentication plugin is a great way to go. It will generate some basic authentication code for you which is good starting point to your authentication system. Watch this episode for details.

OpenID is an upcoming standard enabling a single sign-on across web applications. This is a technical screencast on the OpenID protocol, ... all » ta...

The final piece of the administration puzzle: authentication. There are many different approaches which is why I saved this step for last. This episode will cover a few techniques including the simple solution used for this site