From 7eb55af31c9ac207c82235dab69df83c81ab3c4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emily Marigold Klassen <760204+forivall@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 16:39:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs(readme): use web archive link for broken url --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6de8e21..58feb95 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Prevents [timing attacks](http://codahale.com/a-lesson-in-timing-attacks/) using Brad Hill's -[Double HMAC pattern](https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blog/2011/february/double-hmac-verification/) +[Double HMAC pattern](https://web.archive.org/web/20160203044316/https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blog/2011/february/double-hmac-verification/) to perform secure string comparison. Double HMAC avoids the timing attacks by blinding the timing channel using random time per attempt comparison against iterative brute force attacks.