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It's tens of nanoseconds per byte in JDK6; multiple orders of magnitude slower than C memcmp, because Java implements the compare in Java, not just as a wrapper around C.

It's exploitable "on LAN, but not over the Internet", which is deceptive because "on LAN" also means "anywhere from within the same hosting center"; attackers can get on the "same LAN" as most servers for tens of dollars.



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