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Constant-Time Secret Comparison

Compare API tokens without leaking length or prefix through timing by hashing both sides to fixed size and using subtle.

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Code

snippet
package main

import (
	"crypto/sha256"
	"crypto/subtle"
	"fmt"
)

func ConstantTimeEqual(a, b string) bool {
	left := sha256.Sum256([]byte(a))
	right := sha256.Sum256([]byte(b))
	return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(left[:], right[:]) == 1
}

func main() {
	secret := "s3cr3t-token"
	fmt.Println(ConstantTimeEqual(secret, "s3cr3t-token"))
	fmt.Println(ConstantTimeEqual(secret, "s3cr3t-tokeX"))
	fmt.Println(ConstantTimeEqual(secret, "short"))
}

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