#31358: Increase default password salt size
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Reporter: darakian | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 3.0
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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I've made a patch for this here
https://github.com/django/django/pull/12553
Which changes the default salt size from ~71 bits to ~131 bits
The rational is that modern guidance suggests a 128 bit minimum on salt
sizes
OWASP:
https://github.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/blob/master/cheatsheets/Password_Storage_Cheat_Sheet.md#salting
NIST:
https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-132.pdf
In the case of NIST this is technically a hard requirement.
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