The win32-file-security library adds security related methods to the core File class for MS Windows. This includes the ability to get or set permissions, as well as encrypt or decrypt files.

Simple authorization solution for Rails which is decoupled from user roles. All permissions are stored in a single location. This project is based off of Ryan Bates's CanCan Gem.

LogicalAuthorization allows authorization in a finely grained framework, including ACLs and database based permissions, designed to slide into your project seamlessly. You should be able to add logical_authz to your Gemfile and add needs_authorization to your base controller class and be...

Fine grained access control based on method interception. This is a proxy that allows you to define permissions on your models without breaking MVC by putting user code in your models.