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Timing Attack

Lightning Talk about how to securely compare two strings, using Rails.

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January 19, 2017
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  1. Timing Attack

  2. ~/awesome/project master= ∴

  3. ~/awesome/project master= ∴ git show f19c712702c9fced2461eabd2443c1009baffebb

  4. ~/awesome/project master= ∴ git show f19c712702c9fced2461eabd2443c1009baffebb commit f19c712702c9fced2461eabd2443c1009baffebb Author: Rubens

    Stulzer <[email protected]> Date: Wed Apr 13 17:27:40 2016 -0300 Improves security when comparing password diff --git a/app/models/session.rb b/app/models/session.rb index 7041c8a..685c247 100644 --- a/app/models/session.rb +++ b/app/models/session.rb @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private def password_match? - salted_user_password == salted_db_password + ActiveSupport::SecurityUtils.secure_compare(salted_user_password, salted_db_password) end

  5. String comparison using ==

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  34. This is OK

  35. None

  36. We

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  38. We Ruby

  39. String comparison is supposed to work like that

  40. The problem is the time taken μ1 - For the

    wrong one μ20 - For the right one

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  55. We have a pattern here

  56. Longer it takes, more close to discover the password you

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  57. Avoiding this issue with .secure_compare

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  82. Thank You