Drupal Security Module Packages

Finally after several weeks of preparation the Drupal Security Module Packages are available.

About the Security Package:

Swipht technologies developed several security modules with sponsorship from Portland State University to develop a suite of security modules for Drupal 6. The modules provide roles and user specific security permissions for menus, menu items, nodes, and security integration into the administration and help systems. We would like to provide this suite of modules back to the community to share the usefulness of the suite and involve the community to provide additional support, testing, and moderation.
Special care was taken to ensure the usability of permission management was consistent across all sections of the system (nodes, menus, menu items). Also each security module uses a cascading security scheme to allow global security and the option to override or define exceptions to the security model for individual items.

For example, defining global node access rights by role will dynamically apply the security scheme to all content types and nodes created. However the user can override the global security scheme for an individual content type, and override the permissions for a given content type by setting permissions on an individual node.

We would like our project to be named: security_access

Modules in the suite:

menu_access
Provides global and menu specific security permissions by role and user account.
- Global security for all menus (default)
- Per menu security

menu_item_access
Provides global and menu item specific security permissions by role and user account.
- Inherits security from the parent menu
- Global security for all menu items (default)
- Per menu item security

Temporary Module Download: http://drupal.org/project/menu_access

** Please note menu_access and menu_item_access are in a single package.

node_access
Provides global and menu item specific security permissions by role and user account.
- Global security for all content types and nodes (default).
- Per content type and all nodes for the content type.
- Per node security scheme

Temporary Module Download: http://drupal.org/project/node_access

admin_access
Provides security check integration for all administration index pages and help index pages to only display links to modules, functions, and content based on the user's permissions and access rights. This module relies on the three modules detailed above. Exclusion from items in the administration and help sections are based on security rules defined in the module permissions and can be overriden using rules defined in the navigation menu (main admin menu).
- all admin index pages
- add content index
- help index/details

Temporary Module Download: http://drupal.org/project/admin_access

I would like to thank the Drupal community and the Drupal Organization for without your code I would still be programming the project for another two years! Seriously, everyone's contributions to Drupal have helped in the development of client projects and greatly reduced the development time it takes to deliver.

Thank you all.