digest.secure_is_equal
Available inall subroutines.
Returns true if s1 and s2 are equal. Comparison
time varies on the length of s1 and s2 but not the contents of s1 and
s2. For strings of the same length, the comparison is done in constant time
to defend against timing attacks.
Example
if (!(table.lookup(user2hashedpass, req.http.User) && digest.secure_is_equal(req.http.HashedPass, table.lookup(user2hashedpass, req.http.User)))) { error 401 "Unauthorized";}Try it out
digest.secure_is_equal is used in the following code examples. Examples apply VCL to real-world use cases and can be deployed as they are, or adapted for your own service. See the full list of code examples for more inspiration.
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Apply HTTP basic auth to private endpoints
Store username/password list in an edge dictionary, authorize user at the edge, reject requests that don't have correct credentials.
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