Speed up RPC authentication (reworked pull from Joel Katz)

diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index 317f6e6..bb8d8e2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg);
 typedef Value(*rpcfn_type)(const Array& params, bool fHelp);
 extern map<string, rpcfn_type> mapCallTable;
 
+static std::string strRPCUserColonPass;
+
 static int64 nWalletUnlockTime;
 static CCriticalSection cs_nWalletUnlockTime;
 
@@ -2023,12 +2025,7 @@ bool HTTPAuthorized(map<string, string>& mapHeaders)
         return false;
     string strUserPass64 = strAuth.substr(6); boost::trim(strUserPass64);
     string strUserPass = DecodeBase64(strUserPass64);
-    string::size_type nColon = strUserPass.find(":");
-    if (nColon == string::npos)
-        return false;
-    string strUser = strUserPass.substr(0, nColon);
-    string strPassword = strUserPass.substr(nColon+1);
-    return (strUser == mapArgs["-rpcuser"] && strPassword == mapArgs["-rpcpassword"]);
+    return strUserPass == strRPCUserColonPass;
 }
 
 //
@@ -2161,7 +2158,8 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg)
 {
     printf("ThreadRPCServer started\n");
 
-    if (mapArgs["-rpcuser"] == "" && mapArgs["-rpcpassword"] == "")
+    strRPCUserColonPass = mapArgs["-rpcuser"] + ":" + mapArgs["-rpcpassword"];
+    if (strRPCUserColonPass == ":")
     {
         string strWhatAmI = "To use bitcoind";
         if (mapArgs.count("-server"))