secure-compare
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Constant-time comparison algorithm to prevent timing attacks for Node.js. Copied from cryptiles by C J Silverio.
$ npm install secure-compare --save
var compare = require('secure-compare');
compare('hello world', 'hello world').should.equal(true);
compare('你好世界', '你好世界').should.equal(true);
compare('hello', 'not hello').should.equal(false);
$ npm test
secure-compare is released under the MIT license.
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Securely compare two strings, copied from cryptiles
The npm package secure-compare receives a total of 2,053,158 weekly downloads. As such, secure-compare popularity was classified as popular.
We found that secure-compare demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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