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-rw-r--r--filters/simple-authentication.lua4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/filters/simple-authentication.lua b/filters/simple-authentication.lua
index 5935d08..5c4f074 100644
--- a/filters/simple-authentication.lua
+++ b/filters/simple-authentication.lua
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function authenticate_post()
redirect_to(redirect)
- -- TODO: Implement time invariant string comparison function to mitigate timing attack.
+ -- Lua hashes strings, so these comparisons are time invariant.
if password == nil or password ~= post["password"] then
set_cookie("cgitauth", "")
else
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function validate_value(cookie)
return nil
end
- -- TODO: implement time invariant comparison to prevent against timing attack.
+ -- Lua hashes strings, so these comparisons are time invariant.
if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha1", value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, secret) then
return nil
end