From: Jonny Tischbein <jonny_tischbein@systemli.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:30:41 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Renaming functions + moving functions from security to Model/Item and BaseModule... 
X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f3fc1f36caf9139f8d72611b85849a2b7e6759c3;p=friendica.git

Renaming functions + moving functions from security to Model/Item and BaseModule + fix multiline comments
---

diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index f853798912..5e108632c9 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function api_login(App $a)
 		throw new UnauthorizedException("This API requires login");
 	}
 
-	Authentication::success($record);
+	Authentication::setAuthenticatedSessionForUser($record);
 
 	$_SESSION["allow_api"] = true;
 
diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index ccadfa525c..094206eb96 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\Markdown;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ function admin_page_tos(App $a)
 		'$preview' => L10n::t('Privacy Statement Preview'),
 		'$privtext' => $tos->privacy_complete,
 		'$tostext' => ['tostext', L10n::t('The Terms of Service'), Config::get('system', 'tostext'), L10n::t('Enter the Terms of Service for your node here. You can use BBCode. Headers of sections should be [h2] and below.')],
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_tos"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_tos"),
 		'$submit' => L10n::t('Save Settings'),
 	]);
 }
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ function admin_page_tos(App $a)
  */
 function admin_page_tos_post(App $a)
 {
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/tos', 'admin_tos');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/tos', 'admin_tos');
 
 	if (!x($_POST, "page_tos")) {
 		return;
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ function admin_page_blocklist(App $a)
 		'$entries' => $blocklistform,
 		'$baseurl' => System::baseUrl(true),
 		'$confirm_delete' => L10n::t('Delete entry from blocklist?'),
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_blocklist")
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_blocklist")
 	]);
 }
 
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ function admin_page_blocklist_post(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/blocklist', 'admin_blocklist');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/blocklist', 'admin_blocklist');
 
 	if (x($_POST['page_blocklist_save'])) {
 		//  Add new item to blocklist
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ function admin_page_contactblock_post(App $a)
 	$contact_url = x($_POST, 'contact_url') ? $_POST['contact_url'] : '';
 	$contacts    = x($_POST, 'contacts')    ? $_POST['contacts']    : [];
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/contactblock', 'admin_contactblock');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/contactblock', 'admin_contactblock');
 
 	if (x($_POST, 'page_contactblock_block')) {
 		$contact_id = Contact::getIdForURL($contact_url);
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ function admin_page_contactblock(App $a)
 		'$h_newblock'  => L10n::t('Block New Remote Contact'),
 		'$th_contacts' => [L10n::t('Photo'), L10n::t('Name'), L10n::t('Address'), L10n::t('Profile URL')],
 
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_contactblock"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_contactblock"),
 
 		// values //
 		'$baseurl'    => System::baseUrl(true),
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@ function admin_page_deleteitem(App $a)
 		'$intro2' => L10n::t('You need to know the GUID of the item. You can find it e.g. by looking at the display URL. The last part of http://example.com/display/123456 is the GUID, here 123456.'),
 		'$deleteitemguid' => ['deleteitemguid', L10n::t("GUID"), '', L10n::t("The GUID of the item you want to delete."), 'required', 'autofocus'],
 		'$baseurl' => System::baseUrl(),
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_deleteitem")
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_deleteitem")
 	]);
 }
 
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ function admin_page_deleteitem_post(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/deleteitem/', 'admin_deleteitem');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/deleteitem/', 'admin_deleteitem');
 
 	if (x($_POST['page_deleteitem_submit'])) {
 		$guid = trim(notags($_POST['deleteitemguid']));
@@ -946,7 +947,7 @@ function admin_page_summary(App $a)
  */
 function admin_page_site_post(App $a)
 {
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/site', 'admin_site');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/site', 'admin_site');
 
 	if (!empty($_POST['republish_directory'])) {
 		Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'Directory');
@@ -1542,7 +1543,7 @@ function admin_page_site(App $a)
 		'$relay_server_tags' 	=> ['relay_server_tags', L10n::t("Server tags"), Config::get('system','relay_server_tags'), L10n::t("Comma separated list of tags for the 'tags' subscription.")],
 		'$relay_user_tags' 	=> ['relay_user_tags', L10n::t("Allow user tags"), Config::get('system', 'relay_user_tags', true), L10n::t("If enabled, the tags from the saved searches will used for the 'tags' subscription in addition to the 'relay_server_tags'.")],
 
-		'$form_security_token'	=> Security::get_form_security_token("admin_site"),
+		'$form_security_token'	=> BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_site"),
 		'$relocate_button'      => L10n::t('Start Relocation'),
 	]);
 }
@@ -1657,7 +1658,7 @@ function admin_page_users_post(App $a)
 	$nu_email    = defaults($_POST, 'new_user_email'   , '');
 	$nu_language = Config::get('system', 'language');
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/users', 'admin_users');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/users', 'admin_users');
 
 	if (!($nu_name === "") && !($nu_email === "") && !($nu_nickname === "")) {
 		try {
@@ -1773,14 +1774,14 @@ function admin_page_users(App $a)
 		}
 		switch ($a->argv[2]) {
 			case "delete":
-				Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/users', 'admin_users', 't');
+				BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/users', 'admin_users', 't');
 				// delete user
 				User::remove($uid);
 
 				notice(L10n::t("User '%s' deleted", $user['username']) . EOL);
 				break;
 			case "block":
-				Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/users', 'admin_users', 't');
+				BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/users', 'admin_users', 't');
 				q("UPDATE `user` SET `blocked` = %d WHERE `uid` = %s",
 					intval(1 - $user['blocked']),
 					intval($uid)
@@ -1931,7 +1932,7 @@ function admin_page_users(App $a)
 		'$confirm_delete_multi' => L10n::t('Selected users will be deleted!\n\nEverything these users had posted on this site will be permanently deleted!\n\nAre you sure?'),
 		'$confirm_delete' => L10n::t('The user {0} will be deleted!\n\nEverything this user has posted on this site will be permanently deleted!\n\nAre you sure?'),
 
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_users"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_users"),
 
 		// values //
 		'$baseurl' => System::baseUrl(true),
@@ -1976,7 +1977,7 @@ function admin_page_addons(App $a)
 		}
 
 		if (x($_GET, "a") && $_GET['a'] == "t") {
-			Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/addons', 'admin_themes', 't');
+			BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/addons', 'admin_themes', 't');
 
 			// Toggle addon status
 			$idx = array_search($addon, $a->addons);
@@ -2038,7 +2039,7 @@ function admin_page_addons(App $a)
 			'$screenshot' => '',
 			'$readme' => $readme,
 
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_themes"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_themes"),
 		]);
 	}
 
@@ -2046,7 +2047,7 @@ function admin_page_addons(App $a)
 	 * List addons
 	 */
 	if (x($_GET, "a") && $_GET['a'] == "r") {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr(System::baseUrl() . '/admin/addons', 'admin_themes', 't');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError(System::baseUrl() . '/admin/addons', 'admin_themes', 't');
 		Addon::reload();
 		info("Addons reloaded");
 		goaway(System::baseUrl() . '/admin/addons');
@@ -2089,7 +2090,7 @@ function admin_page_addons(App $a)
 		'$addons' => $addons,
 		'$pcount' => count($addons),
 		'$noplugshint' => L10n::t('There are currently no addons available on your node. You can find the official addon repository at %1$s and might find other interesting addons in the open addon registry at %2$s', 'https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons', 'http://addons.friendi.ca'),
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_themes"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_themes"),
 	]);
 }
 
@@ -2224,7 +2225,7 @@ function admin_page_themes(App $a)
 		}
 
 		if (x($_GET, "a") && $_GET['a'] == "t") {
-			Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/themes', 'admin_themes', 't');
+			BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/themes', 'admin_themes', 't');
 
 			// Toggle theme status
 
@@ -2306,13 +2307,13 @@ function admin_page_themes(App $a)
 			'$screenshot' => $screenshot,
 			'$readme' => $readme,
 
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_themes"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_themes"),
 		]);
 	}
 
 	// reload active themes
 	if (x($_GET, "a") && $_GET['a'] == "r") {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr(System::baseUrl() . '/admin/themes', 'admin_themes', 't');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError(System::baseUrl() . '/admin/themes', 'admin_themes', 't');
 		foreach ($themes as $th) {
 			if ($th['allowed']) {
 				Theme::uninstall($th['name']);
@@ -2345,7 +2346,7 @@ function admin_page_themes(App $a)
 		'$noplugshint'         => L10n::t('No themes found on the system. They should be placed in %1$s', '<code>/view/themes</code>'),
 		'$experimental'        => L10n::t('[Experimental]'),
 		'$unsupported'         => L10n::t('[Unsupported]'),
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_themes"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_themes"),
 	]);
 }
 
@@ -2357,7 +2358,7 @@ function admin_page_themes(App $a)
 function admin_page_logs_post(App $a)
 {
 	if (x($_POST, "page_logs")) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/logs', 'admin_logs');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/logs', 'admin_logs');
 
 		$logfile   = ((x($_POST,'logfile'))   ? notags(trim($_POST['logfile']))  : '');
 		$debugging = ((x($_POST,'debugging')) ? true                             : false);
@@ -2419,7 +2420,7 @@ function admin_page_logs(App $a)
 		'$debugging' => ['debugging', L10n::t("Enable Debugging"), Config::get('system', 'debugging'), ""],
 		'$logfile' => ['logfile', L10n::t("Log file"), Config::get('system', 'logfile'), L10n::t("Must be writable by web server. Relative to your Friendica top-level directory.")],
 		'$loglevel' => ['loglevel', L10n::t("Log level"), Config::get('system', 'loglevel'), "", $log_choices],
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_logs"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_logs"),
 		'$phpheader' => L10n::t("PHP logging"),
 		'$phphint' => L10n::t("To temporarily enable logging of PHP errors and warnings you can prepend the following to the index.php file of your installation. The filename set in the 'error_log' line is relative to the friendica top-level directory and must be writeable by the web server. The option '1' for 'log_errors' and 'display_errors' is to enable these options, set to '0' to disable them."),
 		'$phplogcode' => "error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);\nini_set('error_log','php.out');\nini_set('log_errors','1');\nini_set('display_errors', '1');",
@@ -2490,7 +2491,7 @@ function admin_page_viewlogs(App $a)
  */
 function admin_page_features_post(App $a)
 {
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/admin/features', 'admin_manage_features');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/admin/features', 'admin_manage_features');
 
 	logger('postvars: ' . print_r($_POST, true), LOGGER_DATA);
 
@@ -2555,7 +2556,7 @@ function admin_page_features(App $a)
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('admin/settings_features.tpl');
 		$o = replace_macros($tpl, [
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("admin_manage_features"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("admin_manage_features"),
 			'$title' => L10n::t('Manage Additional Features'),
 			'$features' => $arr,
 			'$submit' => L10n::t('Save Settings'),
diff --git a/mod/attach.php b/mod/attach.php
index 97eb10997e..9ca701ba35 100644
--- a/mod/attach.php
+++ b/mod/attach.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function attach_init(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$sql_extra = Security::permissions_sql($r['uid']);
+	$sql_extra = Security::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($r['uid']);
 
 	// Now we'll see if we can access the attachment
 
diff --git a/mod/cal.php b/mod/cal.php
index cc6973d472..b55e078d83 100644
--- a/mod/cal.php
+++ b/mod/cal.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Event;
 use Friendica\Model\Group;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ function cal_content(App $a)
 	}
 
 	// get the permissions
-	$sql_perms = Security::item_permissions_sql($owner_uid, $remote_contact, $groups);
+	$sql_perms = Item::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($owner_uid, $remote_contact, $groups);
 	// we only want to have the events of the profile owner
 	$sql_extra = " AND `event`.`cid` = 0 " . $sql_perms;
 
diff --git a/mod/delegate.php b/mod/delegate.php
index f711f593fa..2b29632dda 100644
--- a/mod/delegate.php
+++ b/mod/delegate.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function delegate_post(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/delegate', 'delegate');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/delegate', 'delegate');
 
 	$parent_uid = defaults($_POST, 'parent_user', 0);
 	$parent_password = defaults($_POST, 'parent_password', '');
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ function delegate_content(App $a)
 	}
 
 	$o = replace_macros(get_markup_template('delegate.tpl'), [
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token('delegate'),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken('delegate'),
 		'$parent_header' => L10n::t('Parent User'),
 		'$parent_user' => $parent_user,
 		'$parent_password' => $parent_password,
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index 0c1cc90375..081c3ce6cf 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ function display_content(App $a, $update = false, $update_uid = 0)
 		$o .= status_editor($a, $x, 0, true);
 	}
 
-	$sql_extra = Security::item_permissions_sql($a->profile['uid'], $is_remote_contact, $groups);
+	$sql_extra = Item::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($a->profile['uid'], $is_remote_contact, $groups);
 
 	if (local_user() && (local_user() == $a->profile['uid'])) {
 		$condition = ['parent-uri' => $item_parent_uri, 'uid' => local_user(), 'unseen' => true];
diff --git a/mod/group.php b/mod/group.php
index 09fe676c17..129cf18c2a 100644
--- a/mod/group.php
+++ b/mod/group.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function group_post(App $a) {
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc == 2) && ($a->argv[1] === 'new')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/group/new', 'group_edit');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/group/new', 'group_edit');
 
 		$name = notags(trim($_POST['groupname']));
 		$r = Model\Group::create(local_user(), $name);
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ function group_post(App $a) {
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc == 2) && intval($a->argv[1])) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/group', 'group_edit');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/group', 'group_edit');
 
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($a->argv[1]),
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ function group_content(App $a) {
 			'$title' => L10n::t('Create a group of contacts/friends.'),
 			'$gname' => ['groupname', L10n::t('Group Name: '), '', ''],
 			'$gid' => 'new',
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("group_edit"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("group_edit"),
 		]);
 
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ function group_content(App $a) {
 
 
 	if (($a->argc == 3) && ($a->argv[1] === 'drop')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/group', 'group_drop', 't');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/group', 'group_drop', 't');
 
 		if (intval($a->argv[2])) {
 			$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ function group_content(App $a) {
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc > 2) && intval($a->argv[1]) && intval($a->argv[2])) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_ForbiddenOnErr('group_member_change', 't');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenForbiddenOnError('group_member_change', 't');
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d and `self` = 0 and `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 LIMIT 1",
 			intval($a->argv[2]),
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ function group_content(App $a) {
 		$drop_txt = replace_macros($drop_tpl, [
 			'$id' => $group['id'],
 			'$delete' => L10n::t('Delete Group'),
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("group_drop"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("group_drop"),
 		]);
 
 
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ function group_content(App $a) {
 			'$gname' => ['groupname', L10n::t('Group Name: '), $group['name'], ''],
 			'$gid' => $group['id'],
 			'$drop' => $drop_txt,
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token('group_edit'),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken('group_edit'),
 			'$edit_name' => L10n::t('Edit Group Name'),
 			'$editable' => 1,
 		];
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ function group_content(App $a) {
 		'contacts' => [],
 	];
 
-	$sec_token = addslashes(Security::get_form_security_token('group_member_change'));
+	$sec_token = addslashes(BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken('group_member_change'));
 
 	// Format the data of the group members
 	foreach ($members as $member) {
diff --git a/mod/invite.php b/mod/invite.php
index cd9de6cc0a..e73ef01edb 100644
--- a/mod/invite.php
+++ b/mod/invite.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ function invite_post(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/', 'send_invite');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/', 'send_invite');
 
 	$max_invites = intval(Config::get('system', 'max_invites'));
 	if (! $max_invites) {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ function invite_content(App $a) {
 	}
 
 	$o = replace_macros($tpl, [
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("send_invite"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("send_invite"),
 		'$title'               => L10n::t('Send invitations'),
 		'$recipients'          => ['recipients', L10n::t('Enter email addresses, one per line:')],
 		'$message'             => ['message', L10n::t('Your message:'),L10n::t('You are cordially invited to join me and other close friends on Friendica - and help us to create a better social web.') . "\r\n" . "\r\n"
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 98ab1cbd81..dc93a9f798 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function item_post(App $a) {
 	$allow_comment = local_user() && ($profile_uid == 0) && $parent && in_array($parent_item['network'], [Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB, Protocol::OSTATUS, Protocol::DIASPORA, Protocol::DFRN]);
 
 	// Now check that valid personal details have been provided
-	if (!Security::can_write_wall($profile_uid) && !$allow_comment) {
+	if (!Security::canWriteToUserWall($profile_uid) && !$allow_comment) {
 		notice(L10n::t('Permission denied.') . EOL) ;
 
 		if (!empty($_REQUEST['return'])) {
diff --git a/mod/manage.php b/mod/manage.php
index 9e724c1e9b..d38d90ce60 100644
--- a/mod/manage.php
+++ b/mod/manage.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function manage_post(App $a) {
 		unset($_SESSION['sysmsg_info']);
 	}
 
-	Authentication::success($r[0], true, true);
+	Authentication::setAuthenticatedSessionForUser($r[0], true, true);
 
 	if ($limited_id) {
 		$_SESSION['submanage'] = $original_id;
diff --git a/mod/openid.php b/mod/openid.php
index ca1129fd50..41aabe7a97 100644
--- a/mod/openid.php
+++ b/mod/openid.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function openid_content(App $a) {
 
 				unset($_SESSION['openid']);
 
-				Authentication::success($r[0],true,true);
+				Authentication::setAuthenticatedSessionForUser($r[0],true,true);
 
 				// just in case there was no return url set
 				// and we fell through
diff --git a/mod/photo.php b/mod/photo.php
index 3a0a199d8c..083b7cfc99 100644
--- a/mod/photo.php
+++ b/mod/photo.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function photo_init(App $a)
 			intval($resolution)
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
-			$sql_extra = Security::permissions_sql($r[0]['uid']);
+			$sql_extra = Security::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($r[0]['uid']);
 
 			// Now we'll see if we can access the photo
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `scale` <= %d $sql_extra ORDER BY scale DESC LIMIT 1",
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 4208e22754..55c8881e4c 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$sql_extra = Security::permissions_sql($owner_uid, $remote_contact, $groups);
+	$sql_extra = Security::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($owner_uid, $remote_contact, $groups);
 
 	$o = "";
 
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('photo_item.tpl');
 			$return_url = $a->cmd;
 
-			if ($can_post || Security::can_write_wall($owner_uid)) {
+			if ($can_post || Security::canWriteToUserWall($owner_uid)) {
 				$like_tpl = get_markup_template('like_noshare.tpl');
 				$likebuttons = replace_macros($like_tpl, [
 					'$id' => $link_item['id'],
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 			}
 
 			if (!DBA::isResult($items)) {
-				if (($can_post || Security::can_write_wall($owner_uid))) {
+				if (($can_post || Security::canWriteToUserWall($owner_uid))) {
 					$comments .= replace_macros($cmnt_tpl, [
 						'$return_path' => '',
 						'$jsreload' => $return_url,
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 					$dislike = format_like($conv_responses['dislike'][$link_item['uri']], $conv_responses['dislike'][$link_item['uri'] . '-l'], 'dislike', $link_item['id']);
 				}
 
-				if (($can_post || Security::can_write_wall($owner_uid))) {
+				if (($can_post || Security::canWriteToUserWall($owner_uid))) {
 					$comments .= replace_macros($cmnt_tpl,[
 						'$return_path' => '',
 						'$jsreload' => $return_url,
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 						'$comment' => $comment
 					]);
 
-					if (($can_post || Security::can_write_wall($owner_uid))) {
+					if (($can_post || Security::canWriteToUserWall($owner_uid))) {
 						$comments .= replace_macros($cmnt_tpl, [
 							'$return_path' => '',
 							'$jsreload' => $return_url,
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index 5484beb265..8d5ae87585 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function profile_content(App $a, $update = 0)
 		$a->page['aside'] .= Widget::categories(System::baseUrl(true) . '/profile/' . $a->profile['nickname'], (!empty($category) ? xmlify($category) : ''));
 		$a->page['aside'] .= Widget::tagCloud();
 
-		if (Security::can_write_wall($a->profile['profile_uid'])) {
+		if (Security::canWriteToUserWall($a->profile['profile_uid'])) {
 			$x = [
 				'is_owner' => $is_owner,
 				'allow_location' => ($is_owner || $commvisitor) && $a->profile['allow_location'],
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ function profile_content(App $a, $update = 0)
 
 
 	// Get permissions SQL - if $remote_contact is true, our remote user has been pre-verified and we already have fetched his/her groups
-	$sql_extra = Security::item_permissions_sql($a->profile['profile_uid'], $remote_contact, $groups);
+	$sql_extra = Item::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($a->profile['profile_uid'], $remote_contact, $groups);
 	$sql_extra2 = '';
 
 	if ($update) {
diff --git a/mod/profile_photo.php b/mod/profile_photo.php
index 492be7e4ae..1e0687c654 100644
--- a/mod/profile_photo.php
+++ b/mod/profile_photo.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ function profile_photo_post(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/profile_photo', 'profile_photo');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/profile_photo', 'profile_photo');
 
 	if (!empty($_POST['cropfinal']) && $_POST['cropfinal'] == 1) {
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ function profile_photo_content(App $a)
 			'$title' => L10n::t('Upload Profile Photo'),
 			'$submit' => L10n::t('Upload'),
 			'$profiles' => $profiles,
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("profile_photo"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("profile_photo"),
 			'$select' => sprintf('%s %s', L10n::t('or'),
 				($newuser) ? '<a href="' . System::baseUrl() . '">' . L10n::t('skip this step') . '</a>' : '<a href="' . System::baseUrl() . '/photos/' . $a->user['nickname'] . '">' . L10n::t('select a photo from your photo albums') . '</a>')
 		]);
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ function profile_photo_content(App $a)
 			'$image_url' => System::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $filename,
 			'$title'     => L10n::t('Crop Image'),
 			'$desc'      => L10n::t('Please adjust the image cropping for optimum viewing.'),
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("profile_photo"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("profile_photo"),
 			'$done'      => L10n::t('Done Editing')
 		]);
 		return $o;
diff --git a/mod/register.php b/mod/register.php
index 9a2ad0f482..7b53e907ec 100644
--- a/mod/register.php
+++ b/mod/register.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ require_once 'include/enotify.php';
 
 function register_post(App $a)
 {
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/register', 'register');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/register', 'register');
 
 	$verified = 0;
 	$blocked  = 1;
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ function register_content(App $a)
 		'$showprivstatement' => Config::get('system', 'tosprivstatement'),
 		'$privstatement' => $tos->privacy_complete,
 		'$baseurl'   => System::baseurl(),
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("register"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("register"),
 		'$explicit_content' => Config::get('system', 'explicit_content', false),
 		'$explicit_content_note' => L10n::t('Note: This node explicitly contains adult content')
 	]);
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index 3737aeadac..cb88823997 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
 use Friendica\Content\Nav;
 use Friendica\Core\ACL;
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 	$old_page_flags = $a->user['page-flags'];
 
 	if (($a->argc > 1) && ($a->argv[1] === 'oauth') && x($_POST, 'remove')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/oauth', 'settings_oauth');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings/oauth', 'settings_oauth');
 
 		$key = $_POST['remove'];
 		DBA::delete('tokens', ['id' => $key, 'uid' => local_user()]);
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc > 2) && ($a->argv[1] === 'oauth')  && ($a->argv[2] === 'edit'||($a->argv[2] === 'add')) && x($_POST, 'submit')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/oauth', 'settings_oauth');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings/oauth', 'settings_oauth');
 
 		$name     = defaults($_POST, 'name'    , '');
 		$key      = defaults($_POST, 'key'     , '');
@@ -210,14 +211,14 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc > 1) && ($a->argv[1] == 'addon')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/addon', 'settings_addon');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings/addon', 'settings_addon');
 
 		Addon::callHooks('addon_settings_post', $_POST);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc > 1) && ($a->argv[1] == 'connectors')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/connectors', 'settings_connectors');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings/connectors', 'settings_connectors');
 
 		if (x($_POST, 'general-submit')) {
 			PConfig::set(local_user(), 'system', 'disable_cw', intval($_POST['disable_cw']));
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc > 1) && ($a->argv[1] === 'features')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/features', 'settings_features');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings/features', 'settings_features');
 		foreach ($_POST as $k => $v) {
 			if (strpos($k, 'feature_') === 0) {
 				PConfig::set(local_user(), 'feature', substr($k, 8), ((intval($v)) ? 1 : 0));
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 	}
 
 	if (($a->argc > 1) && ($a->argv[1] === 'display')) {
-		Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/display', 'settings_display');
+		BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings/display', 'settings_display');
 
 		$theme             = x($_POST, 'theme')             ? notags(trim($_POST['theme']))        : $a->user['theme'];
 		$mobile_theme      = x($_POST, 'mobile_theme')      ? notags(trim($_POST['mobile_theme'])) : '';
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 		return; // NOTREACHED
 	}
 
-	Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings', 'settings');
+	BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings', 'settings');
 
 	if (x($_POST,'resend_relocate')) {
 		Worker::add(PRIORITY_HIGH, 'Notifier', 'relocate', local_user());
@@ -672,7 +673,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 		if (($a->argc > 2) && ($a->argv[2] === 'add')) {
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('settings/oauth_edit.tpl');
 			$o .= replace_macros($tpl, [
-				'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings_oauth"),
+				'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings_oauth"),
 				'$title'	=> L10n::t('Add application'),
 				'$submit'	=> L10n::t('Save Settings'),
 				'$cancel'	=> L10n::t('Cancel'),
@@ -698,7 +699,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('settings/oauth_edit.tpl');
 			$o .= replace_macros($tpl, [
-				'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings_oauth"),
+				'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings_oauth"),
 				'$title'	=> L10n::t('Add application'),
 				'$submit'	=> L10n::t('Update'),
 				'$cancel'	=> L10n::t('Cancel'),
@@ -712,7 +713,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 		}
 
 		if (($a->argc > 3) && ($a->argv[2] === 'delete')) {
-			Security::check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/settings/oauth', 'settings_oauth', 't');
+			BaseModule::checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError('/settings/oauth', 'settings_oauth', 't');
 
 			DBA::delete('clients', ['client_id' => $a->argv[3], 'uid' => local_user()]);
 			goaway(System::baseUrl(true)."/settings/oauth/");
@@ -730,7 +731,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('settings/oauth.tpl');
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, [
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings_oauth"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings_oauth"),
 			'$baseurl'	=> System::baseUrl(true),
 			'$title'	=> L10n::t('Connected Apps'),
 			'$add'		=> L10n::t('Add application'),
@@ -757,7 +758,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('settings/addons.tpl');
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, [
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings_addon"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings_addon"),
 			'$title'	=> L10n::t('Addon Settings'),
 			'$settings_addons' => $settings_addons
 		]);
@@ -778,7 +779,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('settings/features.tpl');
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, [
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings_features"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings_features"),
 			'$title'               => L10n::t('Additional Features'),
 			'$features'            => $arr,
 			'$submit'              => L10n::t('Save Settings'),
@@ -837,7 +838,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 		$mail_disabled_message = (($mail_disabled) ? L10n::t('Email access is disabled on this site.') : '');
 
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, [
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings_connectors"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings_connectors"),
 
 			'$title'	=> L10n::t('Social Networks'),
 
@@ -957,7 +958,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('settings/display.tpl');
 		$o = replace_macros($tpl, [
 			'$ptitle' 	=> L10n::t('Display Settings'),
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings_display"),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings_display"),
 			'$submit' 	=> L10n::t('Save Settings'),
 			'$baseurl' => System::baseUrl(true),
 			'$uid' => local_user(),
@@ -1186,7 +1187,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 		'$submit' 	=> L10n::t('Save Settings'),
 		'$baseurl' => System::baseUrl(true),
 		'$uid' => local_user(),
-		'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token("settings"),
+		'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken("settings"),
 		'$nickname_block' => $prof_addr,
 
 		'$h_pass' 	=> L10n::t('Password Settings'),
diff --git a/mod/subthread.php b/mod/subthread.php
index 8bd60e8fef..0082021df5 100644
--- a/mod/subthread.php
+++ b/mod/subthread.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function subthread_content(App $a) {
 
 	$owner_uid = $item['uid'];
 
-	if (!Security::can_write_wall($owner_uid)) {
+	if (!Security::canWriteToUserWall($owner_uid)) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index 50ce361d81..54451a74b4 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ function videos_content(App $a)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$sql_extra = Security::permissions_sql($owner_uid, $remote_contact, $groups);
+	$sql_extra = Security::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($owner_uid, $remote_contact, $groups);
 
 	$o = "";
 
diff --git a/src/BaseModule.php b/src/BaseModule.php
index 1da9397a78..0f6fbd785b 100644
--- a/src/BaseModule.php
+++ b/src/BaseModule.php
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Friendica;
 
+use Friendica\Core\L10n;
+use Friendica\Core\System;
+
 /**
  * All modules in Friendica should extend BaseModule, although not all modules
  * need to extend all the methods described here
@@ -69,4 +72,84 @@ abstract class BaseModule extends BaseObject
 	{
 
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Functions used to protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery
+	 * The security token has to base on at least one value that an attacker can't know - here it's the session ID and the private key.
+	 * In this implementation, a security token is reusable (if the user submits a form, goes back and resubmits the form, maybe with small changes;
+	 * or if the security token is used for ajax-calls that happen several times), but only valid for a certain amout of time (3hours).
+	 * The "typename" seperates the security tokens of different types of forms. This could be relevant in the following case:
+	 *    A security token is used to protekt a link from CSRF (e.g. the "delete this profile"-link).
+	 *    If the new page contains by any chance external elements, then the used security token is exposed by the referrer.
+	 *    Actually, important actions should not be triggered by Links / GET-Requests at all, but somethimes they still are,
+	 *    so this mechanism brings in some damage control (the attacker would be able to forge a request to a form of this type, but not to forms of other types).
+	 */
+	public static function getFormSecurityToken($typename = '')
+	{
+		$a = get_app();
+
+		$timestamp = time();
+		$sec_hash = hash('whirlpool', $a->user['guid'] . $a->user['prvkey'] . session_id() . $timestamp . $typename);
+
+		return $timestamp . '.' . $sec_hash;
+	}
+
+	public static function checkFormSecurityToken($typename = '', $formname = 'form_security_token')
+	{
+		$hash = null;
+
+		if (!empty($_REQUEST[$formname])) {
+			/// @TODO Careful, not secured!
+			$hash = $_REQUEST[$formname];
+		}
+
+		if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_CSRF_TOKEN'])) {
+			/// @TODO Careful, not secured!
+			$hash = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_CSRF_TOKEN'];
+		}
+
+		if (empty($hash)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$max_livetime = 10800; // 3 hours
+
+		$a = get_app();
+
+		$x = explode('.', $hash);
+		if (time() > (IntVal($x[0]) + $max_livetime)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$sec_hash = hash('whirlpool', $a->user['guid'] . $a->user['prvkey'] . session_id() . $x[0] . $typename);
+
+		return ($sec_hash == $x[1]);
+	}
+
+	public static function getFormSecurityStandardErrorMessage()
+	{
+		return L10n::t("The form security token was not correct. This probably happened because the form has been opened for too long \x28>3 hours\x29 before submitting it.") . EOL;
+	}
+
+	public static function checkFormSecurityTokenRedirectOnError($err_redirect, $typename = '', $formname = 'form_security_token')
+	{
+		if (!self::checkFormSecurityToken($typename, $formname)) {
+			$a = get_app();
+			logger('check_form_security_token failed: user ' . $a->user['guid'] . ' - form element ' . $typename);
+			logger('check_form_security_token failed: _REQUEST data: ' . print_r($_REQUEST, true), LOGGER_DATA);
+			notice(check_form_security_std_err_msg());
+			goaway(System::baseUrl() . $err_redirect);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static function checkFormSecurityTokenForbiddenOnError($typename = '', $formname = 'form_security_token')
+	{
+		if (!self::checkFormSecurityToken($typename, $formname)) {
+			$a = get_app();
+			logger('check_form_security_token failed: user ' . $a->user['guid'] . ' - form element ' . $typename);
+			logger('check_form_security_token failed: _REQUEST data: ' . print_r($_REQUEST, true), LOGGER_DATA);
+			header('HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden');
+			killme();
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Content/Widget/TagCloud.php b/src/Content/Widget/TagCloud.php
index 3a2b01123a..309f9a5bdb 100644
--- a/src/Content/Widget/TagCloud.php
+++ b/src/Content/Widget/TagCloud.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace Friendica\Content\Widget;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Util\Security;
 
 require_once 'include/dba.php';
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class TagCloud
 	 */
 	private static function tagadelic($uid, $count = 0, $owner_id = 0, $flags = '', $type = TERM_HASHTAG)
 	{
-		$sql_options = Security::item_permissions_sql($uid);
+		$sql_options = Item::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($uid);
 		$limit = $count ? sprintf('LIMIT %d', intval($count)) : '';
 
 		if ($flags) {
diff --git a/src/Core/Authentication.php b/src/Core/Authentication.php
index 2fbadcc920..3a4471d2a4 100644
--- a/src/Core/Authentication.php
+++ b/src/Core/Authentication.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Authentication extends BaseObject
 	 *
 	 * @return string Hashed data
 	 */
-	public static function cookie_hash($user)
+	public static function getCookieHashForUser($user)
 	{
 		return(hash("sha256", Config::get("system", "site_prvkey") .
 				$user["prvkey"] .
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Authentication extends BaseObject
 	 * @param int $time
 	 * @param array $user Record from "user" table
 	 */
-	public static  function new_cookie($time, $user = [])
+	public static  function setCookie($time, $user = [])
 	{
 		if ($time != 0) {
 			$time = $time + time();
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Authentication extends BaseObject
 
 		if ($user) {
 			$value = json_encode(["uid" => $user["uid"],
-				"hash" => self::cookie_hash($user),
+				"hash" => self::getCookieHashForUser($user),
 				"ip" => defaults($_SERVER, 'REMOTE_ADDR', '0.0.0.0')]);
 		} else {
 			$value = "";
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Authentication extends BaseObject
 	 * @param type $interactive
 	 * @param type $login_refresh
 	 */
-	public static function success($user_record, $login_initial = false, $interactive = false, $login_refresh = false)
+	public static function setAuthenticatedSessionForUser($user_record, $login_initial = false, $interactive = false, $login_refresh = false)
 	{
 		$a = self::getApp();
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Authentication extends BaseObject
 			 */
 			if (!empty($_SESSION['remember'])) {
 				logger('Injecting cookie for remembered user ' . $a->user['nickname']);
-				self::new_cookie(604800, $user_record);
+				self::setCookie(604800, $user_record);
 				unset($_SESSION['remember']);
 			}
 		}
@@ -202,12 +202,11 @@ class Authentication extends BaseObject
 	/**
 	 * @brief Kills the "Friendica" cookie and all session data
 	 */
-	public static function nuke_session()
+	public static function deleteSession()
 	{
-		self::new_cookie(-3600); // make sure cookie is deleted on browser close, as a security measure
+		self::setCookie(-3600); // make sure cookie is deleted on browser close, as a security measure
 		session_unset();
 		session_destroy();
 	}
 }
 
-?>
diff --git a/src/Model/Group.php b/src/Model/Group.php
index 4f6f97c49d..4d0bd87e6a 100644
--- a/src/Model/Group.php
+++ b/src/Model/Group.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 namespace Friendica\Model;
 
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\BaseObject;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ class Group extends BaseObject
 			'$createtext' => L10n::t('Create a new group'),
 			'$creategroup' => L10n::t('Group Name: '),
 			'$editgroupstext' => L10n::t('Edit groups'),
-			'$form_security_token' => Security::get_form_security_token('group_edit'),
+			'$form_security_token' => BaseModule::getFormSecurityToken('group_edit'),
 		]);
 
 
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 9513f4787a..bc31f3d819 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -3246,4 +3246,41 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	public static function getPermissionsSQLByUserId($owner_id, $remote_verified = false, $groups = null)
+	{
+		$local_user = local_user();
+		$remote_user = remote_user();
+
+		/*
+		 * Construct permissions
+		 *
+		 * default permissions - anonymous user
+		 */
+		$sql = " AND NOT `item`.`private`";
+
+		// Profile owner - everything is visible
+		if ($local_user && ($local_user == $owner_id)) {
+			$sql = '';
+		} elseif ($remote_user) {
+			/*
+			 * Authenticated visitor. Unless pre-verified,
+			 * check that the contact belongs to this $owner_id
+			 * and load the groups the visitor belongs to.
+			 * If pre-verified, the caller is expected to have already
+			 * done this and passed the groups into this function.
+			 */
+			$set = PermissionSet::get($owner_id, $remote_user, $groups);
+
+			if (!empty($set)) {
+				$sql_set = " OR (`item`.`private` IN (1,2) AND `item`.`wall` AND `item`.`psid` IN (" . implode(',', $set) . "))";
+			} else {
+				$sql_set = '';
+			}
+
+			$sql = " AND (NOT `item`.`private`" . $sql_set . ")";
+		}
+
+		return $sql;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Model/Photo.php b/src/Model/Photo.php
index 9abd73e762..372e875ea7 100644
--- a/src/Model/Photo.php
+++ b/src/Model/Photo.php
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class Photo
 	 */
 	public static function getAlbums($uid, $update = false)
 	{
-		$sql_extra = Security::permissions_sql($uid);
+		$sql_extra = Security::getPermissionsSQLByUserId($uid);
 
 		$key = "photo_albums:".$uid.":".local_user().":".remote_user();
 		$albums = Cache::get($key);
diff --git a/src/Module/Login.php b/src/Module/Login.php
index fc3b3fb49a..deb6afcfbc 100644
--- a/src/Module/Login.php
+++ b/src/Module/Login.php
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ class Login extends BaseModule
 		}
 
 		if (!$remember) {
-			Authentication::new_cookie(0); // 0 means delete on browser exit
+			Authentication::setCookie(0); // 0 means delete on browser exit
 		}
 
 		// if we haven't failed up this point, log them in.
 		$_SESSION['remember'] = $remember;
 		$_SESSION['last_login_date'] = DateTimeFormat::utcNow();
-		Authentication::success($record, true, true);
+		Authentication::setAuthenticatedSessionForUser($record, true, true);
 
 		if (x($_SESSION, 'return_url')) {
 			$return_url = $_SESSION['return_url'];
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ class Login extends BaseModule
 					]
 				);
 				if (DBA::isResult($user)) {
-					if ($data->hash != Authentication::cookie_hash($user)) {
+					if ($data->hash != Authentication::getCookieHashForUser($user)) {
 						logger("Hash for user " . $data->uid . " doesn't fit.");
-						Authentication::nuke_session();
+						Authentication::deleteSession();
 						goaway(self::getApp()->getBaseURL());
 					}
 
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ class Login extends BaseModule
 					// Expires after 7 days by default,
 					// can be set via system.auth_cookie_lifetime
 					$authcookiedays = Config::get('system', 'auth_cookie_lifetime', 7);
-					Authentication::new_cookie($authcookiedays * 24 * 60 * 60, $user);
+					Authentication::setCookie($authcookiedays * 24 * 60 * 60, $user);
 
 					// Do the authentification if not done by now
 					if (!isset($_SESSION) || !isset($_SESSION['authenticated'])) {
-						Authentication::success($user);
+						Authentication::setAuthenticatedSessionForUser($user);
 
 						if (Config::get('system', 'paranoia')) {
 							$_SESSION['addr'] = $data->ip;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class Login extends BaseModule
 				if ($check && ($_SESSION['addr'] != $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {
 					logger('Session address changed. Paranoid setting in effect, blocking session. ' .
 						$_SESSION['addr'] . ' != ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
-					Authentication::nuke_session();
+					Authentication::deleteSession();
 					goaway(self::getApp()->getBaseURL());
 				}
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class Login extends BaseModule
 					]
 				);
 				if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
-					Authentication::nuke_session();
+					Authentication::deleteSession();
 					goaway(self::getApp()->getBaseURL());
 				}
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class Login extends BaseModule
 					$_SESSION['last_login_date'] = DateTimeFormat::utcNow();
 					$login_refresh = true;
 				}
-				Authentication::success($user, false, false, $login_refresh);
+				Authentication::setAuthenticatedSessionForUser($user, false, false, $login_refresh);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/Module/Logout.php b/src/Module/Logout.php
index b2c03bf91f..b12ba10287 100644
--- a/src/Module/Logout.php
+++ b/src/Module/Logout.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Logout extends BaseModule
 	public static function init()
 	{
 		Addon::callHooks("logging_out");
-		Authentication::nuke_session();
+		Authentication::deleteSession();
 		info(L10n::t('Logged out.') . EOL);
 		goaway(self::getApp()->getBaseURL());
 	}
diff --git a/src/Object/Thread.php b/src/Object/Thread.php
index 89ccc566ef..08c04f546f 100644
--- a/src/Object/Thread.php
+++ b/src/Object/Thread.php
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ class Thread extends BaseObject
 				break;
 			case 'profile':
 				$this->profile_owner = $a->profile['profile_uid'];
-				$this->writable = Security::can_write_wall($this->profile_owner);
+				$this->writable = Security::canWriteToUserWall($this->profile_owner);
 				break;
 			case 'display':
 				$this->profile_owner = $a->profile['uid'];
-				$this->writable = Security::can_write_wall($this->profile_owner) || $writable;
+				$this->writable = Security::canWriteToUserWall($this->profile_owner) || $writable;
 				break;
 			case 'community':
 				$this->profile_owner = 0;
diff --git a/src/Util/Security.php b/src/Util/Security.php
index 1eb0c3f490..11059c0bcf 100644
--- a/src/Util/Security.php
+++ b/src/Util/Security.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\System;
  */
 class Security extends BaseObject
 {
-	public static function can_write_wall($owner)
+	public static function canWriteToUserWall($owner)
 	{
 		static $verified = 0;
 
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ class Security extends BaseObject
 	}
 
 	/// @TODO $groups should be array
-	public static function permissions_sql($owner_id, $remote_verified = false, $groups = null)
+	public static function getPermissionsSQLByUserId($owner_id, $remote_verified = false, $groups = null)
 	{
 		$local_user = local_user();
 		$remote_user = remote_user();
 
-		/**
+		/*
 		 * Construct permissions
 		 *
 		 * default permissions - anonymous user
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ class Security extends BaseObject
 				 AND deny_gid  = ''
 		";
 
-		/**
+		/*
 		 * Profile owner - everything is visible
 		 */
 		if ($local_user && $local_user == $owner_id) {
 			$sql = '';
-		/**
+		/*
 		 * Authenticated visitor. Unless pre-verified,
 		 * check that the contact belongs to this $owner_id
 		 * and load the groups the visitor belongs to.
@@ -152,122 +152,4 @@ class Security extends BaseObject
 		return $sql;
 	}
 
-	public static function item_permissions_sql($owner_id, $remote_verified = false, $groups = null)
-	{
-		$local_user = local_user();
-		$remote_user = remote_user();
-
-		/*
-		 * Construct permissions
-		 *
-		 * default permissions - anonymous user
-		 */
-		$sql = " AND NOT `item`.`private`";
-
-		// Profile owner - everything is visible
-		if ($local_user && ($local_user == $owner_id)) {
-			$sql = '';
-		} elseif ($remote_user) {
-			/*
-			 * Authenticated visitor. Unless pre-verified,
-			 * check that the contact belongs to this $owner_id
-			 * and load the groups the visitor belongs to.
-			 * If pre-verified, the caller is expected to have already
-			 * done this and passed the groups into this function.
-			 */
-			$set = PermissionSet::get($owner_id, $remote_user, $groups);
-
-			if (!empty($set)) {
-				$sql_set = " OR (`item`.`private` IN (1,2) AND `item`.`wall` AND `item`.`psid` IN (" . implode(',', $set) . "))";
-			} else {
-				$sql_set = '';
-			}
-
-			$sql = " AND (NOT `item`.`private`" . $sql_set . ")";
-		}
-
-		return $sql;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Functions used to protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery
-	 * The security token has to base on at least one value that an attacker can't know - here it's the session ID and the private key.
-	 * In this implementation, a security token is reusable (if the user submits a form, goes back and resubmits the form, maybe with small changes;
-	 * or if the security token is used for ajax-calls that happen several times), but only valid for a certain amout of time (3hours).
-	 * The "typename" seperates the security tokens of different types of forms. This could be relevant in the following case:
-	 *    A security token is used to protekt a link from CSRF (e.g. the "delete this profile"-link).
-	 *    If the new page contains by any chance external elements, then the used security token is exposed by the referrer.
-	 *    Actually, important actions should not be triggered by Links / GET-Requests at all, but somethimes they still are,
-	 *    so this mechanism brings in some damage control (the attacker would be able to forge a request to a form of this type, but not to forms of other types).
-	 */
-	public static function get_form_security_token($typename = '')
-	{
-		$a = get_app();
-
-		$timestamp = time();
-		$sec_hash = hash('whirlpool', $a->user['guid'] . $a->user['prvkey'] . session_id() . $timestamp . $typename);
-
-		return $timestamp . '.' . $sec_hash;
-	}
-
-	public static function check_form_security_token($typename = '', $formname = 'form_security_token')
-	{
-		$hash = null;
-
-		if (!empty($_REQUEST[$formname])) {
-			/// @TODO Careful, not secured!
-			$hash = $_REQUEST[$formname];
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_CSRF_TOKEN'])) {
-			/// @TODO Careful, not secured!
-			$hash = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_CSRF_TOKEN'];
-		}
-
-		if (empty($hash)) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$max_livetime = 10800; // 3 hours
-
-		$a = get_app();
-
-		$x = explode('.', $hash);
-		if (time() > (IntVal($x[0]) + $max_livetime)) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$sec_hash = hash('whirlpool', $a->user['guid'] . $a->user['prvkey'] . session_id() . $x[0] . $typename);
-
-		return ($sec_hash == $x[1]);
-	}
-	
-	private static function check_form_security_std_err_msg()
-	{
-		return L10n::t("The form security token was not correct. This probably happened because the form has been opened for too long \x28>3 hours\x29 before submitting it.") . EOL;
-	}
-
-	public static function check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr($err_redirect, $typename = '', $formname = 'form_security_token')
-	{
-		if (!check_form_security_token($typename, $formname)) {
-			$a = get_app();
-			logger('check_form_security_token failed: user ' . $a->user['guid'] . ' - form element ' . $typename);
-			logger('check_form_security_token failed: _REQUEST data: ' . print_r($_REQUEST, true), LOGGER_DATA);
-			notice(check_form_security_std_err_msg());
-			goaway(System::baseUrl() . $err_redirect);
-		}
-	}
-
-	public static function check_form_security_token_ForbiddenOnErr($typename = '', $formname = 'form_security_token')
-	{
-		if (!check_form_security_token($typename, $formname)) {
-			$a = get_app();
-			logger('check_form_security_token failed: user ' . $a->user['guid'] . ' - form element ' . $typename);
-			logger('check_form_security_token failed: _REQUEST data: ' . print_r($_REQUEST, true), LOGGER_DATA);
-			header('HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden');
-			killme();
-		}
-	}
 }
-
-?>
\ No newline at end of file