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Title "CRYPTO_memcmp 3"
CRYPTO_memcmp 3 2024-09-03 3.0.15 OpenSSL
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NAME
CRYPTO_memcmp - Constant time memory comparison
SYNOPSIS
Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 #include <openssl/crypto.h> \& int CRYPTO_memcmp(const void *a, const void *b, size_t len); .Ve
DESCRIPTION
Header "DESCRIPTION" The CRYPTO_memcmp function compares the len bytes pointed to by a and b for equality. It takes an amount of time dependent on len, but independent of the contents of the memory regions pointed to by a and b.
"RETURN VALUES"
Header "RETURN VALUES" \fBCRYPTO_memcmp() returns 0 if the memory regions are equal and nonzero otherwise.
NOTES
Header "NOTES" Unlike memcmp\|(2), this function cannot be used to order the two memory regions as the return value when they differ is undefined, other than being nonzero.
COPYRIGHT
Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

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