Re: [PATCH 3/5] REST: Enable token auth support

2017-06-14 Thread Stephen Finucane
On Tue, 2017-06-13 at 21:38 +1000, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > On 10/06/17 03:25, Stephen Finucane wrote: > > Token authentication is generally viewed as a more secure option for API > > authentication than storing a username and password. > > > > Django REST Framework gives us a TokenAuthentication

Re: [PATCH 3/5] REST: Enable token auth support

2017-06-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 10/06/17 03:25, Stephen Finucane wrote: Token authentication is generally viewed as a more secure option for API authentication than storing a username and password. Django REST Framework gives us a TokenAuthentication class and an authtoken app that we can use to generate random tokens and a

Re: [PATCH 3/5] REST: Enable token auth support

2017-06-12 Thread Stephen Finucane
On Tue, 2017-06-13 at 00:04 +1000, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > On 10/06/17 03:25, Stephen Finucane wrote: > > Token authentication is generally viewed as a more secure option for API > > authentication than storing a username and password. > > > > Django REST Framework gives us a TokenAuthentication

Re: [PATCH 3/5] REST: Enable token auth support

2017-06-12 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 10/06/17 03:25, Stephen Finucane wrote: Token authentication is generally viewed as a more secure option for API authentication than storing a username and password. Django REST Framework gives us a TokenAuthentication class and an authtoken app that we can use to generate random tokens and a

[PATCH 3/5] REST: Enable token auth support

2017-06-09 Thread Stephen Finucane
Token authentication is generally viewed as a more secure option for API authentication than storing a username and password. Django REST Framework gives us a TokenAuthentication class and an authtoken app that we can use to generate random tokens and authenticate to API endpoints. Enable this sup