Use time-constant comparison in password testing#3090
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Normal comparison exits out once a difference is found so theoretically a time variance can leak information. This isn't really a huge deal but is probably still worth doing.
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Normal comparison exits out once a difference is found so theoretically a time variance can leak information. This isn't really a huge deal but is probably still worth doing.
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