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Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: memcmp_nta: add timing-attack secure memcmp
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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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?