innov
/
django1
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests 1 Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Clarified how contrib.auth picks a password hasher for verification.

This commit is contained in:
Adam Johnson 2022-01-13 19:46:18 +00:00 committed by GitHub
parent 827bc07047
commit 652c68ffee
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG Key ID: 4AEE18F83AFDEB23
1 changed files with 10 additions and 6 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

16
docs/topics/auth/passwords.txt
View File

@ -48,12 +48,16 @@ you're not sure, you probably don't. If you do, please read on:
Django chooses the algorithm to use by consulting the Django chooses the algorithm to use by consulting the
:setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS` setting. This is a list of hashing algorithm :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS` setting. This is a list of hashing algorithm
classes that this Django installation supports. The first entry in this list classes that this Django installation supports.
(that is, ``settings.PASSWORD_HASHERS[0]``) will be used to store passwords,
and all the other entries are valid hashers that can be used to check existing For storing passwords, Django will use the first hasher in
passwords. This means that if you want to use a different algorithm, you'll :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS`. To store new passwords with a different algorithm,
need to modify :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS` to list your preferred algorithm put your preferred algorithm first in :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS`.
first in the list.
For verifying passwords, Django will find the hasher in the list that matches
the algorithm name in the stored password. If a stored password names an
algorithm not found in :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS`, trying to verify it will
raise ``ValueError``.
The default for :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS` is:: The default for :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS` is::