# Return some error
    ...
```

But by using the `secrets.compare_digest()` it will be secure against a type of attacks called "timing attacks".

### Timing Attacks { #timing-attacks }

But what's a "timing attack"?

Let's imagine some attackers are trying to guess the username and password.

And they send a request with a username `johndoe` and a password `love123`.

import jcifs.internal.smb2.nego.PreauthIntegrityNegotiateContext;

/**
 * Enhanced Pre-Authentication Integrity Service for SMB 3.1.1.
 *
 * Provides comprehensive pre-authentication integrity protection against
 * downgrade attacks by maintaining cryptographic hash chains of all
 * negotiation and session setup messages.
 */
public class PreauthIntegrityService {

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

/**
 * Security-focused test cases for NtlmPasswordAuthenticator to verify timing attack resistance.
 */
public class NtlmPasswordAuthenticatorTimingAttackTest {

    private static final int TIMING_ITERATIONS = 1000;

/// tip

## `TrustedHostMiddleware` { #trustedhostmiddleware }

Enforces that all incoming requests have a correctly set `Host` header, in order to guard against HTTP Host Header attacks.

{* ../../docs_src/advanced_middleware/tutorial002.py hl[2,6:8] *}

The following arguments are supported:

- name: slowapi
  html_url: https://github.com/laurentS/slowapi
  stars: 1580
  owner_login: laurentS
  owner_html_url: https://github.com/laurentS
- name: coronavirus-tracker-api
  html_url: https://github.com/ExpDev07/coronavirus-tracker-api
  stars: 1578
  owner_login: ExpDev07
  owner_html_url: https://github.com/ExpDev07
- name: fastapi-crudrouter
  html_url: https://github.com/awtkns/fastapi-crudrouter

            "A notify change request is being completed.", "The data was too large to fit into the specified buffer.",
            "A device attached to the system is not functioning.", "Incorrect function.", "The parameter is incorrect.",
            "Invalid access to memory location.", "The handle is invalid.", "The parameter is incorrect.",

        constantTimeCopy(output, message.length, authTag, 0, tagLength);

        return new EncryptionResult(ciphertext, authTag);
    }

    /**
     * Perform constant-time encryption to prevent timing attacks
     */
    private byte[] performConstantTimeEncryption(Cipher cipher, byte[] message) throws Exception {
        // Pad to fixed block size to prevent timing leaks
        int blockSize = cipher.getBlockSize();

     * These messages provide human-readable descriptions for various NT status values.
     */
    String[] NT_STATUS_MESSAGES = { "The operation completed successfully.", "A device attached to the system is not functioning.",
            "Incorrect function.", "The parameter is incorrect.", "Invalid access to memory location.", "The handle is invalid.",

/**
 * Security-focused test cases for Smb2NegotiateResponse input validation.
 * Tests various malformed input scenarios to ensure proper validation and
 * protection against buffer overflow, integer overflow, and other attacks.
 */
public class Smb2NegotiateResponseInputValidationTest {

    private Configuration mockConfig;
    private Smb2NegotiateResponse response;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {