I think it'd royally screw you over if you ever had to change your secret key [due to suspected leak, for example] as now all your passwords are invalid.
-- Curtis On 9 June 2015 at 15:16, Ram Rachum <ram.rac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > What do you think about using the project's `SECRET_KEY` as an additional > salt in Django's password hashers? The advantage would be that they'll be > harder to crack, as an attacker would need access both to the database > table and the code for the secret key. The disadvantage I can think of is > that you couldn't change your `SECRET_KEY` without breaking old passwords > (so maybe we need a separate secret in the settings.) > > What do you think? > > > Thanks, > Ram. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/617aecb6-3156-49d1-859a-f55efb9f54f2%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/617aecb6-3156-49d1-859a-f55efb9f54f2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAG_XiSAS2o1EMSn5HQd-60Q2KutQ5uUUmYORQxsZeVM8rWbWpQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
