MEthod1: security allow view only for manager Method2: contain calling of method1, security: view for anonymous or role what you want for. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pedro LaWrench" <pedrolawrench@yahoo.com> What would you change on the security tab? I still want my authenticated users to have access to the method as a call to it is made from unrestricted space (such as a page template), I just don't want them to call the method directly. ----- Original Message ---- From: Jaroslav Lukesh <lukesh@seznam.cz> To: zope@zope.org; Tres Seaver <tseaver@palladion.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:50:29 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] how to prevent URL access to an external method? Why? It is more transparent and better way - use security tab.