[% IF $user->auth(A) && $user->auth(B) && $user->auth(C) %]

To me, this is hardly better than the HTML::Template example. It's shorter but it's no easier on the poor HTML designer that has to maintain your templates. I'd boil that down to: 

  <tmpl_if can_foo>foo</tmpl_if>

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Then I'd move all that complex AND logic into Perl where it belongs. There's no reason your security policy should be embedded in your templates!

I may have jumped the gun a little when I suggested TT as my first reply, but sessions and session management imply, to me, a security model with authorities and roles and ... So, I overthink things a little ... is that a crime??

It's not a crime, merely a disservice. The poster sounds like a novice to me and it's not nice to stear him towards a complex solution that he probably doesn't need. Just because he wants sessions doesn't mean he needs an overly complex authority system like you!

-sam

In reply to Re^6: HTML::Template and authenticated sessions by samtregar
in thread HTML::Template and authenticated sessions by ghettofinger

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