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[roundup.git] / roundup / configuration.py
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@@ -537,6 +537,22 @@ SETTINGS = (
             "starting with python 2.5. Set this to a higher value if you\n"
             "get the error 'Error: field larger than field limit' during\n"
             "import."),
+        (IntegerNumberOption, 'password_pbkdf2_default_rounds', '10000',
+            "Sets the default number of rounds used when encoding passwords\n"
+            "using the PBKDF2 scheme. Set this to a higher value on faster\n"
+            "systems which want more security.\n"
+            "PBKDF2 (Password-Based Key Derivation Function) is a\n"
+            "password hashing mechanism that derives hash from the\n"
+            "password and a random salt. For authentication this process\n"
+            "is repeated with the same salt as in the stored hash.\n"
+            "If both hashes match, the authentication succeeds.\n"
+            "PBKDF2 supports a variable 'rounds' parameter which varies\n"
+            "the time-cost of calculating the hash - doubling the number\n"
+            "of rounds doubles the cpu time required to calculate it. The\n"
+            "purpose of this is to periodically adjust the rounds as CPUs\n"
+            "become faster. The currently enforced minimum number of\n"
+            "rounds is 1000.\n"
+            "See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2 and RFC2898"),
     )),
     ("tracker", (
         (Option, "name", "Roundup issue tracker",