timingsafe_bcmp() should be used instead of memcmp() or a naive for-loop, when comparing passwords or secret tokens, to avoid leaking information about the secret token by timing. This commit just introduces the function but does not change any existing code to use it yet. Co-authored-by: Jelte Fennema-Nio <github-tech@jeltef.nl> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/7b86da3b-9356-4e50-aa1b-56570825e234@iki.fi
PostgreSQL Database Management System
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