시간 기반 공격을 피하기 위한 문자열 비교

암호

package foo_test

import (
    "crypto/rand"
    "crypto/subtle"
    "fmt"
    "strings"
    "testing"
    "time"
)

var (
    a      []byte
    length int = 100000
    batch  int = length / 10
)

func init() {
    a = make([]byte, length, length)
    rand.Read(a)
}

func getCopied(changedIndex int) []byte {
    b := make([]byte, length, length)
    copy(b, a)
    b[changedIndex] = byte(1)

    return b
}

func wrapper(fn func(a, b []byte) bool) {
    for i := length - 1; i > 0; i -= batch {
        b := getCopied(i)

        n := time.Now()
        fn(a, b)

        m := time.Since(n)
        fmt.Printf("Differences at Index: %d, time takes: %s\n", i, m.String())
    }
}

func Cmp(a, b []byte) bool {
    return string(a) == string(b)
}

func CmpSub(a, b []byte) bool {
    return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(a, b) == 1
}

func TestCmp(t *testing.T) {
    fmt.Printf("length of chars: %d\n", length)
    fmt.Println("comparison using: string(a) == string(b)")
    wrapper(Cmp)
    fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 60))
    fmt.Println("comparison using: subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(a, b) == 1")
    wrapper(CmpSub)
}

테스트

$ go version
go version go1.18 darwin/arm64
$ go test . -v -count=1
=== RUN   TestCmp
length of chars: 100000
comparison using: string(a) == string(b)
Differences at Index: 99999, time takes: 2.875µs
Differences at Index: 89999, time takes: 2.583µs
Differences at Index: 79999, time takes: 2.375µs
Differences at Index: 69999, time takes: 2.209µs
Differences at Index: 59999, time takes: 1.75µs
Differences at Index: 49999, time takes: 1.5µs
Differences at Index: 39999, time takes: 1.209µs
Differences at Index: 29999, time takes: 958ns
Differences at Index: 19999, time takes: 666ns
Differences at Index: 9999, time takes: 375ns
============================================================
comparison using: subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(a, b) == 1
Differences at Index: 99999, time takes: 50.792µs
Differences at Index: 89999, time takes: 50.583µs
Differences at Index: 79999, time takes: 50.958µs
Differences at Index: 69999, time takes: 50.709µs
Differences at Index: 59999, time takes: 51µs
Differences at Index: 49999, time takes: 51.333µs
Differences at Index: 39999, time takes: 55.875µs
Differences at Index: 29999, time takes: 50.75µs
Differences at Index: 19999, time takes: 51.709µs
Differences at Index: 9999, time takes: 51.167µs
--- PASS: TestCmp (0.00s)
PASS
ok      example 0.092s

결론