h1. Rails Authentication, Authorization and Access Control plugins

h2. Authentication plugins

* http://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication/tree/master -- the accepted standard for authentication
* http://github.com/mrflip/restful-authentication/tree/master -- my fork of restful_authentication with more modularity, more specs and a few security tweaks
* http://github.com/josh/open_id_authentication/tree/master -- OpenID authentication

h2. Authorization plugins

From
* http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/tag/security
* http://www.vaporbase.com/postings/Authorization_in_Rails

* http://github.com/jbarket/restful-authorization/tree/master

* http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/rolerequirement
  http://code.google.com/p/rolerequirement/
  http://rolerequirement.googlecode.com/svn/tags/role_requirement/
  9 votes

* http://github.com/ezmobius/acl_system2/
  http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/acl_system
  http://opensvn.csie.org/ezra/rails/plugins/dev/acl_system2/
  last touched 2006
  57 votes on AWD
  * also: http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/acl_system2_ownership

  bq. access_control [:new, :create, :update, :edit] => '(admin | user |
                      moderator)', :delete => 'admin'
      <% restrict_to "(admin | moderator) & !blacklist" do %>
        <%= link_to "Admin & Moderator only link", :action =>'foo' %>
      <% end %>

* Authorization Recipe (from Rails Recipes #32)
  http://www.vaporbase.com/postings/Authorization_in_Rails
  http://opensvn.csie.org/mabs29/plugins/simple_access_control

* Active ACL
  http://phpgacl.sourceforge.net/demo/phpgacl/docs/manual.html
  (Access-matrix driven)

* http://github.com/aiwilliams/access_controlled_system

* http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/access

* http://robzon.aenima.pl/2007/12/base-auth-is-out.html
  http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/base_auth
  http://base-auth.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
  40 votes

* http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/authorization
  http://www.writertopia.com/developers/authorization
  http://github.com/DocSavage/rails-authorization-plugin/tree/master
  Opaque policy descriptions
  19 votes

* http://github.com/shuber/access_control_list/
  Not much there yet

* https://opensvn.csie.org/traccgi/tobionrails
  http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/access_control
  http://opensvn.csie.org/tobionrails/plugins/access_control
  last touched 1 year ago

* http://github.com/mdarby/restful_acl/
  -- google code too --
  Just does REST?  More of an app than a plugin.

* http://github.com/stonean/lockdown/tree/master
  http://lockdown.rubyforge.org
  http://groups.google.com/group/stonean_lockdown?hl=en
  "Lockdown stores an array of access rights in the session"

h2. Trust / Validation etc. plugins


* http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/recaptcha
