Bug 1151419

Summary: Review Request: perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime - Timing side-channel protected string compare
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Petr Pisar <ppisar>
Component: Package ReviewAssignee: Petr Šabata <psabata>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime-0.310-1.fc22 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Petr Pisar 2014-10-10 11:18:01 UTC
Spec URL: https://ppisar.fedorapeople.org/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime.spec
SRPM URL: https://ppisar.fedorapeople.org/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime-0.310-1.fc22.src.rpm
Description:
This module provides one function "equals" which works like perl's "eq", but
which does not provide a timing side-channel. Such comparison is useful when
matching against a secret string.

Fedora Account System Username: ppisar

Comment 1 Petr Šabata 2014-10-10 11:35:18 UTC
No blockers, approving.

Just add commas around `"equals"' in your %description.

Comment 2 Petr Pisar 2014-10-10 12:39:57 UTC
New Package SCM Request
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Package Name: perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime
Short Description: Timing side-channel protected string compare
Upstream URL: http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-Compare-ConstantTime/
Owners: ppisar jplesnik psabata
Branches: 
InitialCC: perl-sig

Comment 3 Kevin Fenzi 2014-10-13 23:39:08 UTC
Git done (by process-git-requests).

Comment 4 Petr Pisar 2014-10-14 12:44:56 UTC
Thank you for the review and the repository. I added the commas into the description.