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6 Summary
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9 *   Built for WSGI applications and middleware
10 *   Sophisticated and extensible permissions system
11 *   Built in support for HTTP basic, HTTP digest, form, cookie and OpenID
12     authentication methods plus others
13 *   Easily define users, passwords and roles
14 *   Designed to be totally extensible so you can use the components to integrate
15     with a database, LDAP connection or your own custom system
16 *   Plays nicely with the `Pylons <http://pylonshq.com>`_ web framework
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18 There is also a `development version
19 <http://authkit.org/svn/AuthKit/trunk#egg=AuthKit-dev>`_.
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21 Get Started
22 ===========
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24 * `Download and Installation <http://python.org/pypi/AuthKit/0.4.0>`_
25 * `Pylons Book <http://pylonsbook.com>`_ (the two chapters on *Authentication and
26   Authorization* and *Advanced AuthKit* form the AuthKit 0.4 documentation)
27 * `Module Reference <http://authkit.org/docs/0.4/module-index.html>`_
28 * `AuthKit Cookbook <http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/authkitcookbook/Home>`_
29 * `Trac <http://authkit.org/trac>`_ - Tickets, Wiki, Subversion
30 * `Examples <http://authkit.org/trac/browser/AuthKit/trunk/examples>`_
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32 Author
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35 `James Gardner <http://jimmyg.org/>`_ james at pythonweb dot org
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37 Development sponsored by `3aims <http://3aims.com/>`_ and
38 `Prometheus Research <http://www.prometheusresearch.com/>`_.
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