#25083 closed Cleanup/optimization (fixed)
Add SessionAuthenticationMiddleware to auth installation docs
| Reported by: | Nick Sweeting | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Documentation | Version: | 1.7 |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | auth, SessionAuthenticationMiddleware, contrib.auth, sessions, docs |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Ready for checkin | |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | yes | UI/UX: | no |
Description
The (new in 1.7) django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware is an incredibly important security improvement that insures a user's other sessions are logged out after a password change. We should add it to the >1.7 docs on auth installation as a default.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#installation
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Ready for checkin |
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| Type: | Uncategorized → Cleanup/optimization |
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This is for all docs >1.7 if this gets merged it should be merged into the 1.7 _and_ 1.8 branches.