Constant time password comparison#2120
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Awesome contribution thank you! Just a little request and we are done 👍
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This is a very welcomed improvement thanks! Please, accept a small tip for your work.
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What does this PR do?
Fixes #2119
Replaces a standard string comparison with
hmac.compare_digestto ensure that the comparison takes the same amount of time regardless of whether the values match or not, making it safer for cryptographic purposes and preventing timing attacks.Tests
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