Creating a Secure ID/UID for a Password, token authentication type system

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Hello, I'm looking for a way to create a very secure UID that will act as a authentication token.

I had been using the UUID gem but learned they are not secure. I'd like to learn what to use. What is the method of choice these days in ruby/rails 3?

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ActiveSupport::SecureRandom can generate cryptographically secure (assuming there is underlying OS support) random bytes (On ruby 1.9 I believe this is built in and you don't need to use Active Support)

Fred