🔒️(backend) use constant-time comparison for signature #2712
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The python documentation recommends to compare a and b values of same type with `hmac.compare_digest`. This method returns a constant-time when comparing the two values, not allowing a time attacker to understand the length or types of a and b. This approach is designed to prevent timing analysis.
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Purpose
The python documentation recommends to compare a and b values of same type with
hmac.compare_digest. This method returns a constant-time when comparing the two values, not allowing a time attacker to understand the length or types of a and b. This approach is designed to prevent timing analysis.Proposal
hmac.compare_digest()to prevent timing analysis