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Asked: 2026-05-12T11:47:15+00:00

from django.contrib.auth.models import User u = User.objects.get(username=’test’) user.password u’sha1$c6755$66fc32b05c2be8acc9f75eac3d87d3a88f513802 Is reversing this password encryption

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from django.contrib.auth.models import User
u = User.objects.get(username='test')
user.password
u'sha1$c6755$66fc32b05c2be8acc9f75eac3d87d3a88f513802

Is reversing this password encryption possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sha-1 is a one-way hash. It cannot be reversed except for using a brute force attack which will take millions of years.

    There are some online databases that let you reverse the hash of common words/conbinations of words. However, django adds “salt” to the password before it computes the hash, so you cannot reverse django passwords.

    That’s why a hash is used. Nobody can find out your password, not even sys admins 🙂

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