| 1 | <?php |
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| 17 | class Utils |
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| 18 | { |
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| 19 | /** |
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| 20 | * Compare two strings to avoid timing attacks |
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| 21 | * |
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| 22 | * C function memcmp() internally used by PHP, exits as soon as a difference |
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| 23 | * is found in the two buffers. That makes possible of leaking |
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| 24 | * timing information useful to an attacker attempting to iteratively guess |
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| 25 | * the unknown string (e.g. password). |
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| 26 | * The length will leak. |
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| 27 | * |
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| 28 | * @param string $expected |
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| 29 | * @param string $actual |
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| 30 | * |
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| 31 | * @return bool |
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| 32 | */ |
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| 33 | public static function compareStrings($expected, $actual) |
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| 54 | } |
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