Secure Password Storage

Overview

Secure storage of passwords is crucial to protect user data.

Django’s Protection Mechanisms

• Password Hashing: Django uses PBKDF2 by default for hashing passwords.
• Password Validators: Enforce strong password policies.

Example

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

# Creating a user with a hashed password
user = User.objects.create_user('username', 'email@example.com', 'password')

Best Practices

• Use Django’s authentication system.
• Enforce strong password policies.
• Regularly update hashing algorithms.