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Ayrx/constant_compare.py

Created November 29, 2013 11:53
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Function for constant time string comparison.
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constant_compare.py
def is_equal(a, b):
if len(a) != len(b):
return False
result = 0
for x, y in zip(a, b):
result |= x ^ y
return result == 0
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