```

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

Then the Python code in your application would be equivalent to something like:

```Python

   * a CountdownLatch).
   */
  @Throws(InterruptedException::class)
  abstract fun dispatch(request: RecordedRequest): MockResponse

  /**
   * Returns an early guess of the next response, used for policy on how an incoming request should
   * be received. The default implementation returns an empty response. Mischievous implementations

 plugin parameters and anything else.

 We once had a document that Vincent and I agreed upon and I was about to
 implement it and then I disappeared for 8 months so it never came to pass.

 So I guess it's important to figure out what people are using properties
 files for and see if we can't incorporate it all into the POM. Or if we do
 have properties file (something I would like to avoid) say they don't

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This may help you better understand and contribute to Gradle.

!!! info "`@decorator` Info"
    That `@something` syntax in Python is called a "decorator".

    You put it on top of a function. Like a pretty decorative hat (I guess that's where the term came from).

    A "decorator" takes the function below and does something with it.