new

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/message_encryptor.rb, line 26
    def initialize(secret, options = {})
      unless options.is_a?(Hash)
        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "The second parameter should be an options hash. Use :cipher => 'algorithm' to specify the cipher algorithm."
        options = { :cipher => options }
      end

      @secret = secret
      @cipher = options[:cipher] || 'aes-256-cbc'
      @verifier = MessageVerifier.new(@secret, :serializer => NullSerializer)
      @serializer = options[:serializer] || Marshal
    end