Timing‐attack‐resistant comparison. Takes time proportional to length of first argument.

Synopsis

Declared in <util/strencodings.h>

template<typename T>
bool
TimingResistantEqual(
    T const& a,
    T const& b);

Return Value

true if a and b are equal, false otherwise.

Parameters

Name

Description

a

The first sequence to compare.

b

The second sequence to compare.

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