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Remove a caution note about StringUtils::equals() which is no longer true #5619

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5 changes: 0 additions & 5 deletions components/security/secure_tools.rst
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Expand Up @@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ algorithm; you can use the same strategy in your own code thanks to the
// is some known string (e.g. password) equal to some user input?
$bool = StringUtils::equals($knownString, $userInput);

.. caution::

To avoid timing attacks, the known string must be the first argument
and the user-entered string the second.

Generating a Secure random Number
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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