diff --git a/lib/prism/session.rb b/lib/prism/session.rb
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+module Prism
+  module Session
+    Separator = '--'.freeze
+
+    module_function
+
+    def encode(hash, secret)
+      payload = encode64(JSON.generate(hash))
+      "#{payload}#{Separator}#{sign(payload, secret)}"
+    end
+
+    def decode(cookie, secret)
+      return {} if cookie.nil? || cookie.empty?
+      payload, signature = cookie.split(Separator, 2)
+      return {} if payload.nil? || signature.nil?
+      return {} unless secure_compare(signature, sign(payload, secret))
+      JSON.parse(decode64(payload))
+    rescue JSON::ParserError, ArgumentError
+      {}
+    end
+
+    def sign(payload, secret)
+      OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest('SHA256', secret, payload)
+    end
+
+    def secure_compare(left, right)
+      return false unless left.bytesize == right.bytesize
+      difference = 0
+      left.bytes.zip(right.bytes) { |a, b| difference |= a ^ b }
+      difference.zero?
+    end
+
+    def encode64(text)
+      [text].pack('m0').tr('+/', '-_').delete('=')
+    end
+
+    def decode64(text)
+      restored = text.tr('-_', '+/')
+      padding = (4 - restored.bytesize % 4) % 4
+      (restored + ('=' * padding)).unpack1('m0')
+    end
+  end
+end