Use the stdlib's compare_digest for constant time comparisons when available

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Alex Gaynor 2014-04-22 14:45:00 -07:00
parent 9fb95dfc9f
commit 58176dee88
1 changed files with 23 additions and 19 deletions

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@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ def get_random_string(length=12,
return ''.join(random.choice(allowed_chars) for i in range(length))
if hasattr(hmac, "compare_digest"):
# Prefer the stdlib implementation, when available.
constant_time_compare = hmac.compare_digest
else:
def constant_time_compare(val1, val2):
"""
Returns True if the two strings are equal, False otherwise.