Ian Lewis • 3/25/2012

Django's contrib.auth and django-newauth

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This article analyzes the shortcomings of Django's contrib.auth module, including its inflexible User model, tight coupling with the admin, and issues with email authentication. It explains why the author's company avoided it and explores the community discussions and proposals for a more customizable authentication system, such as django-newauth.

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