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| +// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
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| +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
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| +// found in the LICENSE file.
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| +
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| +#ifndef CRYPTO_SECURE_UTIL_H_
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| +#define CRYPTO_SECURE_UTIL_H_
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| +
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| +#include <stddef.h>
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| +
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| +#include "crypto/crypto_export.h"
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| +
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| +namespace crypto {
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| +
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| +// Performs a constant-time comparison of two strings, returning true if the
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| +// strings are equal.
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| +//
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| +// For cryptographic operations, comparison functions such as memcmp() may
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| +// expose side-channel information about input, allowing an attacker to
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| +// perform timing analysis to determine what the expected bits should be. In
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| +// order to avoid such attacks, the comparison must execute in constant time,
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| +// so as to not to reveal to the attacker where the difference(s) are.
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| +// For an example attack, see
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| +// http://groups.google.com/group/keyczar-discuss/browse_thread/thread/5571eca0948b2a13
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| +CRYPTO_EXPORT bool SecureMemEqual(const void* s1, const void* s2, size_t n);
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| +
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| +} // namespace crypto
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| +
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| +#endif // CRYPTO_SECURE_UTIL_H_
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