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[1.5.x] Fixed #19743 - Documented some limitations of contrib.auth. 

Thanks Aymeric for the suggestion.

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@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ The auth system consists of:
* Forms and view tools for logging in users, or restricting content * Forms and view tools for logging in users, or restricting content
* A pluggable backend system * A pluggable backend system
The authentication system in Django aims to be very generic and doesn't provide
some features commonly found in web authentication systems. Solutions for some
of these common problems have been implemented in third-party packages:
* Password strength checking
* Throttling of login attempts
* Authentication against third-parties (OAuth, for example)
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