ByteArrays.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2016, The SeedStack authors <http://seedstack.org>
 *
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 */

package org.seedstack.seed.core.internal.crypto;

/**
 * Utility class to manipulate byte arrays.
 */
final class ByteArrays {

    private ByteArrays() {
    }

    /**
     * Compares two byte arrays in length-constant time. This comparison method is used so that password hashes cannot be extracted from an on-line
     * system using a timing attack and then attacked off-line.
     *
     * @param a the first byte array
     * @param b the second byte array
     * @return true if both byte arrays are the same, false if not
     */
    static boolean slowEquals(byte[] a, byte[] b) {
        int diff = a.length ^ b.length;
        for (int i = 0; i < a.length && i < b.length; i++)
            diff |= a[i] ^ b[i];
        return diff == 0;
    }

}