| OLD | NEW |
| (Empty) |
| 1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. | |
| 2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be | |
| 3 // found in the LICENSE file. | |
| 4 | |
| 5 #ifndef CRYPTO_SECURE_UTIL_H_ | |
| 6 #define CRYPTO_SECURE_UTIL_H_ | |
| 7 | |
| 8 #include <stddef.h> | |
| 9 | |
| 10 #include "crypto/crypto_export.h" | |
| 11 | |
| 12 namespace crypto { | |
| 13 | |
| 14 // Performs a constant-time comparison of two strings, returning true if the | |
| 15 // strings are equal. | |
| 16 // | |
| 17 // For cryptographic operations, comparison functions such as memcmp() may | |
| 18 // expose side-channel information about input, allowing an attacker to | |
| 19 // perform timing analysis to determine what the expected bits should be. In | |
| 20 // order to avoid such attacks, the comparison must execute in constant time, | |
| 21 // so as to not to reveal to the attacker where the difference(s) are. | |
| 22 // For an example attack, see | |
| 23 // http://groups.google.com/group/keyczar-discuss/browse_thread/thread/5571eca09
48b2a13 | |
| 24 CRYPTO_EXPORT bool SecureMemEqual(const void* s1, const void* s2, size_t n); | |
| 25 | |
| 26 } // namespace crypto | |
| 27 | |
| 28 #endif // CRYPTO_SECURE_UTIL_H_ | |
| 29 | |
| OLD | NEW |