Dear fellows /. I've been in the need to crate applications which require to make use of another program which requires authentication. As everyone who has tried to solve this problem with a script lang (no compiled, what would be the best term /?), a security concern comes in play. Where in hell should I put the password /? Last day I got caught in a philosophical journey thinking about it. ..A password needs a password to be "decrypted"..you can create as many layers of passwords to obfuscate the previous one , but you will ever need a password to decrypt all the underlying passwords. I did not take this subject in the school (: Some one could share its experiences with ruby to attack this security issue? Would be wonderful too if some of you could share your philosophical thoughts about. !!!! Enjoy its Friday !!!! -r. rm -rf /usr/bin/rm -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.