Commit c5aef19d authored by johnthagen's avatar johnthagen
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Add instructions for adding OpenSSL DLLs to PATH if needed during install

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//! Utilities to safely compare cryptographic values.
//!
//! Extra care must be taken when comparing values in
//! cryptographic code. If done incorrectly, it can lead
//! to a [timing attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack).
//! By analyzing the time taken to execute parts of a cryptographic
//! algorithm, and attacker can attempt to compromise the
//! cryptosystem.
//!
//! The utilities in this module are designed to be resistant
//! to this type of attack.
//!
//! # Examples
//!
//! To perform a constant-time comparision of two arrays of the same length but different
//! values:
//!
//! ```
//! use openssl::memcmp::eq;
//!
//! // We want to compare `a` to `b` and `c`, without giving
//! // away through timing analysis that `c` is more similar to `a`
//! // than `b`.
//! let a = [0, 0, 0];
//! let b = [1, 1, 1];
//! let c = [0, 0, 1];
//!
//! // These statements will execute in the same amount of time.
//! assert!(!eq(&a, &b));
//! assert!(!eq(&a, &c));
//! ```
use libc::size_t;
use ffi;

@@ -10,6 +41,26 @@ use ffi;
///
/// This function will panic the current task if `a` and `b` do not have the same
/// length.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// To perform a constant-time comparision of two arrays of the same length but different
/// values:
///
/// ```
/// use openssl::memcmp::eq;
///
/// // We want to compare `a` to `b` and `c`, without giving
/// // away through timing analysis that `c` is more similar to `a`
/// // than `b`.
/// let a = [0, 0, 0];
/// let b = [1, 1, 1];
/// let c = [0, 0, 1];
///
/// // These statements will execute in the same amount of time.
/// assert!(!eq(&a, &b));
/// assert!(!eq(&a, &c));
/// ```
pub fn eq(a: &[u8], b: &[u8]) -> bool {
    assert!(a.len() == b.len());
    let ret = unsafe {