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Generate user activation key for a Django user
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| """ | |
| The activation key for the ``UserProfile`` will be a | |
| SHA1 hash, generated from a combination of the ``User``'s | |
| email and a random salt. | |
| """ | |
| salt = hashlib.sha1(str(random.random())).hexdigest()[:5] | |
| email = user.email | |
| if isinstance(email, unicode): | |
| email = email.encode('utf-8') | |
| activation_key = hashlib.sha1(salt+email).hexdigest() |
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For anybody landing here, note that sha1 is no longer considered secure. SHA256 should be used instead.