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+/*
+ * This file is part of PowerDNS or dnsdist.
+ * Copyright -- PowerDNS.COM B.V. and its contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * In addition, for the avoidance of any doubt, permission is granted to
+ * link this program with OpenSSL and to (re)distribute the binaries
+ * produced as the result of such linking.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CRYPTO_MEMCMP
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
+#endif
+
+static bool constantTimeStringEquals(const std::string& a, const std::string& b)
+{
+ if (a.size() != b.size()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ const size_t size = a.size();
+#ifdef HAVE_CRYPTO_MEMCMP
+ return CRYPTO_memcmp(a.c_str(), b.c_str(), size) == 0;
+#else
+ const volatile unsigned char *_a = (const volatile unsigned char *) a.c_str();
+ const volatile unsigned char *_b = (const volatile unsigned char *) b.c_str();
+ unsigned char res = 0;
+
+ for (size_t idx = 0; idx < size; idx++) {
+ res |= _a[idx] ^ _b[idx];
+ }
+
+ return res == 0;
+#endif
+}
+