On 02/11/2013 12:24 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 23:00 +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:add memcmp_nta ({n}o {t}iming {a}ttacks)Why should this be in the kernel?
As the commit message already says, so that current or future (e.g.) network protocol code or modules can make use of this when dealing with cryptographic hash comparisons. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
