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007 RC Rails Authorization Basics
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Libraries for Authorization controls in Ruby on Rails are not nearly is prolific as they are with Authorization. The one I typically use is Cancan.
The thing I like about Cancan is that it provides fairly granular model level controls. You have to do the checks—Rails won’t do them for you—but they are fairly straightforward. The other thing...

