# Securing RubyGems with TUF, Part 3

DevFeed: [Securing RubyGems with TUF, Part 3](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/securing-rubygems-with-tuf-part-3-15842.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/securing-rubygems-with-tuf-part-3>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2013-12-10T17:05:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [rubygems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rubygems.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spoofing.md>)

Tags: [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [mapping](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mapping.md>), [rubygems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rubygems.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-vulnerabilities.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spoofing.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

This third and final article in a series explains additional security protections provided by The Update Framework (TUF) for RubyGems. It covers stale metadata, server compromise, spoofing, metadata expiration, and consistency during distributed filesystem updates.

## Source excerpt

Applying The Update Framework (TUF) to RubyGems to secure it against nefarious activity.