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``__str__`` method that outputs a corresponding :term:`userid`.
security policy
- A security policy in :app:`Pyramid` terms is a bit of code which has an
- API which identifies the user associated with the current request (perhaps
- via a cookie or ``Authorization`` header) and determines whether or not
- that user is permitted to access the requested resource.
+ A security policy in :app:`Pyramid` terms is an object implementing the
+ :class:`pyramid.interfaces.ISecurityPolicy` API which identifies the user
+ associated with the current request
+ (perhaps via a cookie or ``Authorization`` header) and determines whether
+ or not that user is permitted to access the requested resource.
authorization policy
An authorization policy in :app:`Pyramid` terms is a bit of