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		naz on Aug 13, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Lesson In Timing Attacks (or, Don't use MessageD... That makes sense, maybe sleep(rand(1.0 - time_spent))

naz on Aug 13, 2009 [–]

Or just sleep(1.0 - time_spent)

JacobK on Aug 13, 2009 | [–]

Or just don't short circuit ever, and do the entire computation every time.

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