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Antoine Pitrou 2012-06-24 16:21:10 +02:00
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@ -88,14 +88,10 @@ This module also provides the following helper function:
.. note:: .. note::
While this function reduces the likelihood of leaking the contents of the If *a* and *b* are of different lengths, or if an error occurs,
expected digest via a timing attack, it still may leak some timing a timing attack may be able to reveal information about the types
information when the input values differ in lengths as well as in error and lengths of *a* and *b*, but not their values.
cases like unsupported types or non ASCII strings. When the inputs have
different length the timing depends solely on the length of ``b``. It is
assumed that the expected length of the digest is not a secret, as it is
typically published as part of a file format, network protocol or API
definition.
.. versionadded:: 3.3 .. versionadded:: 3.3