Looks like a nice way to handle auth for new rails apps

Authgasm is now known as Authlogic

a simple way to restrict parts of a view to users by role membership

"What if you could have authentication up and running in minutes without having to run a generator? All because it’s simple, like everything else in rails. " - damn this looks nice. must try

Simple authentication for Ruby web apps, with Shoulda and Factory Girl tests for its test suite.

"Rolerequirement focuses on a simple approach to role-based authentication" - rails plugin

helpful restful auth tutorial