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id: wiki-2026-0508-timing-attack
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title: Timing Attack
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category: 10_Wiki/Topics
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status: verified
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canonical_id: self
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aliases: [Timing Side Channel, Constant Time Comparison]
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duplicate_of: none
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source_trust_level: A
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confidence_score: 0.9
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verification_status: applied
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tags: [security, side-channel, cryptography, constant-time]
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raw_sources: []
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last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
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github_commit: pending
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tech_stack:
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language: typescript
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framework: nodejs
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---
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# Timing Attack
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## 매 한 줄
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> **"매 execution time 의 secret-dependent variation 의 leak"**. 1996 Kocher RSA timing paper origin — comparison/branch/cache 가 secret bit 에 dependent 면 attacker 가 multiple measurement 의 statistical analysis 로 secret 을 추출. Mitigation 의 핵심: constant-time code.
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## 매 핵심
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### 매 Vulnerable patterns
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- **Early-exit string compare**: `==` / `strcmp` returns on first mismatch byte.
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- **Secret-dependent branch**: `if (key[i] == 0)` 의 cache miss timing differs.
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- **Secret-dependent table lookup**: AES S-box → cache line timing.
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- **Modular exponentiation**: square-and-multiply 의 bit-dependent ops.
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### 매 Mitigation
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- **Constant-time compare**: scan all bytes regardless, XOR-accumulate.
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- **No secret-dependent branches**: use bitwise mask instead.
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- **No secret-dependent indices**: scan full table or use bit-slicing.
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- **Blinding**: randomize input (RSA: blind w/ random r, decrypt, unblind).
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### 매 응용
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1. HMAC token comparison (auth bypass via timing).
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2. Password hash compare (after bcrypt — still need constant-time).
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3. JWT signature verify.
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## 💻 패턴
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### Vulnerable: early-exit compare
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```typescript
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// ❌ DON'T — leaks prefix length
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function badCompare(a: string, b: string): boolean {
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if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
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for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
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if (a[i] !== b[i]) return false; // early exit reveals match length
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}
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return true;
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}
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// Attacker measures: "aaaa" vs "baaa" faster than "aaaa" vs "aaab"
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```
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### Constant-time compare (Node.js)
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```typescript
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import { timingSafeEqual } from 'node:crypto';
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function safeCompare(a: string, b: string): boolean {
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const bufA = Buffer.from(a);
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const bufB = Buffer.from(b);
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if (bufA.length !== bufB.length) {
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// length leak unavoidable — pad to fixed length OR accept
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timingSafeEqual(bufA, bufA); // dummy compare to equalize timing
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return false;
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}
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return timingSafeEqual(bufA, bufB);
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}
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// HMAC token check
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import { createHmac } from 'node:crypto';
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function verifyToken(token: string, payload: string, secret: string): boolean {
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const expected = createHmac('sha256', secret).update(payload).digest('hex');
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return expected.length === token.length &&
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timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(expected), Buffer.from(token));
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}
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```
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### Browser: SubtleCrypto + manual constant-time
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```typescript
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// Web Crypto has no timingSafeEqual — implement carefully
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function ctEqualBytes(a: Uint8Array, b: Uint8Array): boolean {
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if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
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let diff = 0;
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for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
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diff |= a[i] ^ b[i]; // XOR-accumulate, no branch
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}
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return diff === 0;
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}
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async function verifyHmac(msg: string, sig: ArrayBuffer, key: CryptoKey) {
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const computed = await crypto.subtle.sign(
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'HMAC', key, new TextEncoder().encode(msg)
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);
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return ctEqualBytes(new Uint8Array(computed), new Uint8Array(sig));
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}
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```
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### Python constant-time compare
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```python
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import hmac
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def verify(token: str, expected: str) -> bool:
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return hmac.compare_digest(token, expected)
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# bcrypt — already constant-time via library
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import bcrypt
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def check_password(plain: bytes, hashed: bytes) -> bool:
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return bcrypt.checkpw(plain, hashed) # safe internally
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```
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### Go constant-time
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```go
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import "crypto/subtle"
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func verify(a, b []byte) bool {
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return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(a, b) == 1
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}
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// Conditional copy without branch
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func ctSelect(cond int, a, b []byte) {
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subtle.ConstantTimeCopy(cond, a, b)
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}
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```
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### Branchless conditional (C-style)
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```typescript
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// Constant-time conditional select
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function ctSelect(cond: number, a: number, b: number): number {
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// cond must be 0 or 1
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const mask = -cond; // 0 or 0xFFFFFFFF
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return (a & mask) | (b & ~mask);
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}
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// Constant-time min/max without branch
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function ctMin(a: number, b: number): number {
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const lt = (a - b) >>> 31; // 1 if a<b
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return ctSelect(lt, a, b);
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}
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```
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### Remote timing (network attacks)
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```text
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Lucky 13 (TLS 2013): MAC verify timing leaked plaintext.
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CRIME / BREACH: compression length leaked secrets (different side channel).
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Mitigation:
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- Always run full computation regardless of input validity.
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- Add randomized delay (debatable — may not help, can hurt).
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- Rate-limit + monitoring for anomalous timing-probe traffic.
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```
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## 매 결정 기준
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| 상황 | Approach |
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| Password hash check | bcrypt/argon2 lib (already CT) |
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| HMAC/token compare | timingSafeEqual / hmac.compare_digest |
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| AES on untrusted host | AES-NI (HW) or bit-sliced soft impl |
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| Secret-dependent index | bitwise mask or full-table scan |
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| RSA/ECDSA private op | use vetted lib (BoringSSL, libsodium) — never roll your own |
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**기본값**: never write your own crypto compare. Use language stdlib `timingSafeEqual` / `compare_digest` / `subtle.ConstantTimeCompare`.
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## 🔗 Graph
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- 부모: [[Side Channel Attack]] · [[Practical-Cryptography|Cryptography]]
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- 변형: [[Spectre]] · [[Cache Timing Attack]] · [[Power Analysis]]
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## 🤖 LLM 활용
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**언제**: auth code review, HMAC/token compare, custom crypto routines, security audit.
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**언제 X**: high-level app logic where no secrets are compared (UI rendering, business rules).
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## ❌ 안티패턴
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- **`a === b` for secrets**: V8/JIT may early-exit, branch, or short-circuit.
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- **Custom "constant-time" without testing**: compiler can re-introduce branches via optimization. Test with `dudect`.
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- **Throwing on mismatch**: exception path differs in timing from success path.
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- **Logging mismatch position**: leaks comparison index.
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- **Comparing hashes in DB**: even hash compare 의 leaks length prefix → use CT.
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## 🧪 검증 / 중복
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- Verified (Kocher 1996 paper, Node.js crypto docs, Go subtle pkg, OWASP Cryptographic Storage CS).
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- 신뢰도 A.
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## 🕓 Changelog
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| 날짜 | 변경 |
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| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
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| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — full canonical (CT compare + branchless + Node/Go/Python + remote attacks) |
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