NAME

       byte_equal - compare two strings

SYNTAX

       #include <libowfat/byte.h>

       int byte_equal(const char *one,size_t len,const char *two);

DESCRIPTION

       byte_equal returns 1 if the strings are equal, 0 otherwise.

       When  the  strings  are  different, byte_equal does not read bytes past the first difference. An attacker
       observing the execution timing can thus learn where the first mismatch happened.

       Use byte_equal_notimingattack to compare keys, passphrases, cookies or hashes instead.

SEE ALSO

       byte_diff(3), byte_equal_notimingattack(3)

                                                                                                   byte_equal(3)