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What is a timing attack?

A timing attack is a kind of attack that takes advantage of the time a computer process takes to run in order to gain unauthorized knowledge or access to a system. They’re hard to execute but can be highly effective, especially as they leave no trace on the compromised system. It’s possible to protect against these attacks by keeping systems and software updated, not disclosing system or software information, implementing rate limiting, and creating security-critical functions to be constant time.

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