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FAQ+Security advice
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@ -38,3 +38,18 @@ they can log in. Users can be created via the admin panel or by setting
whitelist / admin list. whitelist / admin list.
Defaults to True. Defaults to True.
## FAQ ##
#### Why have a password DB and not use PAM ?
For security Reasons. Users are likely to set an, insecure password at
login time, and you do not want a brute-force/dictionary attack to manage to
login by attacking via ssh or another mean.
## Security
When using `FirstUseAuthenticator` it is advised to automatically prepend the
name of the user with a known-prefix (for example `jupyter`). This would prevent
for example, someone to log-in as `root`, as the created user would be
`jupyter-root`.