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<a id="settings-menu" href="../../settings.html"><img src="../../wheel.svg" width="18" alt="Change settings"></a></div></form></nav><section id="main" class="content"><h1 class="fqn"><span class="in-band">Module <a href="../index.html">openssl</a>::<wbr><a class="mod" href="">memcmp</a></span><span class="out-of-band"><span id="render-detail"><a id="toggle-all-docs" href="javascript:void(0)" title="collapse all docs">[<span class="inner">−</span>]</a></span><a class="srclink" href="../../src/openssl/memcmp.rs.html#1-92" title="goto source code">[src]</a></span></h1><div class="docblock"><p>Utilities to safely compare cryptographic values.</p>
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<p>Extra care must be taken when comparing values in
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cryptographic code. If done incorrectly, it can lead
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to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack">timing attack</a>.
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By analyzing the time taken to execute parts of a cryptographic
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algorithm, and attacker can attempt to compromise the
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cryptosystem.</p>
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<p>The utilities in this module are designed to be resistant
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to this type of attack.</p>
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<h1 id="examples" class="section-header"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h1>
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<p>To perform a constant-time comparision of two arrays of the same length but different
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values:</p>
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<div class="example-wrap"><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered">
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<span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">openssl</span>::<span class="ident">memcmp</span>::<span class="ident">eq</span>;
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<span class="comment">// We want to compare `a` to `b` and `c`, without giving</span>
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<span class="comment">// away through timing analysis that `c` is more similar to `a`</span>
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<span class="comment">// than `b`.</span>
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<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">a</span> <span class="op">=</span> [<span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">0</span>];
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<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">b</span> <span class="op">=</span> [<span class="number">1</span>, <span class="number">1</span>, <span class="number">1</span>];
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<span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">c</span> <span class="op">=</span> [<span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">0</span>, <span class="number">1</span>];
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<span class="comment">// These statements will execute in the same amount of time.</span>
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<span class="macro">assert</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="op">!</span><span class="ident">eq</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="ident">a</span>, <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="ident">b</span>));
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<span class="macro">assert</span><span class="macro">!</span>(<span class="op">!</span><span class="ident">eq</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="ident">a</span>, <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="ident">c</span>));</pre></div>
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</div><h2 id="functions" class="section-header"><a href="#functions">Functions</a></h2>
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<table><tr class="module-item"><td><a class="fn" href="fn.eq.html" title="openssl::memcmp::eq fn">eq</a></td><td class="docblock-short"><p>Returns <code>true</code> iff <code>a</code> and <code>b</code> contain the same bytes.</p>
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