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Monday, January 20, 2020

Python 3.7.5 : Django security issues - part 002.

The project can be found at this Github project.
Let's start with my default project and activate the env:
[mythcat@desk ~]$ cd projects/
[mythcat@desk projects]$ cd django/
[mythcat@desk django]$ source env/bin/activate
Let's install this python module:
(env) [mythcat@desk django]$ pip3 install django-axes --user
Make these changes into settings.py:
(env) [mythcat@desk django]$ cd mysite/
(env) [mythcat@desk mysite]$ ls
db.sqlite3  manage.py  mysite  test001
(env) [mythcat@desk mysite]$ cd mysite/
(env) [mythcat@desk mysite]$ vim settings.py 
Into your settings.py add axes:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'test001',
    'rest_framework',
    'axes'
] 
Add this source code in settings.py:
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
    # AxesBackend should be the first backend in the AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS list.
    'axes.backends.AxesBackend',

    # Django ModelBackend is the default authentication backend.
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
] 
Add axes.middleware.AxesMiddleware into MIDDLEWARE area:
MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    'axes.middleware.AxesMiddleware',
] 
Check the configuration with this command:
(env) [mythcat@desk mysite]$ cd ..
(env) [mythcat@desk mysite]$ python manage.py check
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
Use this command to sync the database:
(env) [mythcat@desk mysite]$ python manage.py migrate
Operations to perform:
  Apply all migrations: admin, auth, axes, contenttypes, sessions, test001
Running migrations:
  Applying axes.0001_initial... OK
  Applying axes.0002_auto_20151217_2044... OK
  Applying axes.0003_auto_20160322_0929... OK
  Applying axes.0004_auto_20181024_1538... OK
  Applying axes.0005_remove_accessattempt_trusted... OK
  Applying axes.0006_remove_accesslog_trusted... OK
Once Axes is is installed and configured, you can login and logout of your application via the django.contrib.auth views.
This python package can be integrated with some popular 3rd party packages such as Django Allauth, Django REST Framework, and other tools.
I will come with additional information about this python package in the future.