Security and performance improvements on authentication #5715
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*The crypto.timingSafeEqual() function is used to determine whether two variables are equal without exposing timing information that may allow an attacker to guess one of the values. A constant-time algorithm underpins it.
Signed-off-by: Makarov Sergey sgmakgg@gmail.com