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doc : mention constant-time in crypto doc
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Included reference to 'constant time' in
crypto.timingSafeEqual description.

The Node website would score higher on a Google search
and the API would be more discoverable if it used the words
"constant time" in its description.

PR-URL: #16604
Fixes: #16504
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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mithunsasidharan authored and cjihrig committed Nov 6, 2017
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- `a` {Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `b` {Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}

This function is based on a constant-time algorithm.
Returns true if `a` is equal to `b`, without leaking timing information that
would allow an attacker to guess one of the values. This is suitable for
comparing HMAC digests or secret values like authentication cookies or
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