#36546: Deprecate django.utils.crypto.constant_time_compare()
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Reporter: Tim Graham | Owner: Pravin
Type: | Status: assigned
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Utilities | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Someday/Maybe
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Tim Graham):
No, the `force_bytes()` is not needed in Django's use of
`constant_time_compare()`, see ticket:36572#comment:4. The problem is only
with third-party users of the function.
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