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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releases/1.7.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt index 3e247fd211..3456c74ff0 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt @@ -402,6 +402,14 @@ Miscellaneous Rationale behind this is removal of dependency of non-contrib code on contrib applications. +* Passwords longer than 4096 bytes in length will no longer work and will + instead raise a ``ValueError`` when using the hasher directory or the + built in forms shipped with ``django.contrib.auth`` will fail validation. + + The rationale behind this is a possibility of a Denial of Service attack when + using a slow password hasher, such as the default PBKDF2, and sending very + large passwords. + Features deprecated in 1.7 ========================== |