auth: lua string comparisons are time invariant

By default, strings are compared by hash, so we can remove this comment.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
jk/collapsible-sections
Jason A. Donenfeld 10 years ago
parent b826537cb4
commit df00ab1096

@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function authenticate_post()
redirect_to(redirect)
-- TODO: Implement time invariant string comparison function to mitigate timing attack.
-- Lua hashes strings, so these comparisons are time invariant.
if password == nil or password ~= post["password"] then
set_cookie("cgitauth", "")
else
@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function validate_value(cookie)
return nil
end
-- TODO: implement time invariant comparison to prevent against timing attack.
-- Lua hashes strings, so these comparisons are time invariant.
if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha1", value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, secret) then
return nil
end

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