[1.10.x] Fixed #26635 -- Clarified Argon2PasswordHasher's memory_cost differs from command line utility.

Backport of 9407cc966b from master
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Bas Westerbaan 2016-05-27 10:41:52 +02:00 committed by Tim Graham
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Pick a ``time_cost`` that takes an acceptable time for you.
If ``time_cost`` set to 1 is unacceptably slow, lower ``memory_cost``.
.. admonition:: ``memory_cost`` interpretation
The argon2 command-line utility and some other libraries interpret the
``memory_cost`` parameter differently from the value that Django uses. The
conversion is given by ``memory_cost == 2 ** memory_cost_commandline``.
.. _password-upgrades:
Password upgrading