AccessControl 3.0.8

Security framework for Zope2.

Overview

AccessControl provides a general security framework for use in Zope2.

Changelog

For changes before verison 3.0, see HISTORY.txt.

3.0.8 (2013-07-16)

• LP #1159923: ensure initialization of shared ImplPython state (used by ImplC) when using the “C” security policy. Thanks to Arnaud Fontaine for the patch.

3.0.7 (2013-05-14)

• Remove long-deprecated ‘Shared’ roles support (pre-dates Zope, never used by Zope itself)

• Prevent infinite loop when looking up local roles in an acquisition chain with cycles.

3.0.6 (2012-10-31)

• LP #1071067: Use a stronger random number generator and a constant time comparison function.

3.0.5 (2012-10-21)

• LP #966101: Recognize special zope2.Private permission in ZCML role directive.

3.0.4 (2012-09-09)

• LP #1047318: Tighten import restrictions for restricted code.

3.0.3 (2012-08-23)

• Fix a bug in ZopeSecurityPolicy.py. Global variable rolesForPermissionOn could be overridden if __role__ had custom rolesForPermissionOn.

3.0.2 (2012-06-22)

• Add Anonymous as a default role for Public permission.

3.0.1 (2012-05-24)

• Fix tests under Python 2.6.

3.0 (2012-05-12)

• Added decorators for public, private and protected security declarations.

• Update tests to take advantage of automatic test suite discovery.