Re: [RFC] Timing attack safe string comparison function

From: Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 00:39:06 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Timing attack safe string comparison function
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Hi Jake,

On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Jake A. Smith <theman@jakeasmith.com>wrote:

> Rather than str_compare_constant_time() would it be better to call it
> strcmp_constant_time() to keep things consistent?


Since strcmp() returns 0 for equal, it might be better not to name
strcmp_something() even though I proposed strcmp_secure() at first.

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
yohgaki@ohgaki.net


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