A class for creating random secret keys. This class will do its best to create a random secret key that‘s as secure as possible, using whatever methods are available on the current platform. For example: 

  generator = Rails::SecretKeyGenerator("some unique identifier, such as the application name")
  generator.generate_secret     # => "f3f1be90053fa851... (some long string)"

This class is deprecated in Rails 2.2 in favor of ActiveSupport::SecureRandom. It is currently a wrapper around ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.

Methods
Public Class methods
new(identifier)

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    # File railties/lib/rails_generator/secret_key_generator.rb, line 14
14:     def initialize(identifier)
15:     end
Public Instance methods
generate_secret()

Generate a random secret key with the best possible method available on the current platform.

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    # File railties/lib/rails_generator/secret_key_generator.rb, line 19
19:     def generate_secret
20:       ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(64)
21:     end