check_token() and handle_login() compared bearer tokens, session tokens,
and the password hash with plain ==, which short-circuits on the first
differing byte - a textbook remote timing side-channel against exactly
the long-lived secrets these gates exist to protect. Added subtle (already
in the dependency tree transitively via chacha20poly1305) as a direct
dependency and route every secret comparison through a small secure_eq()
wrapper over ConstantTimeEq. Username comparison in handle_login is left
as-is: it isn't treated as a secret in this threat model (one fixed admin
username), matching standard practice of only constant-timing the
password/token side of an auth check.
Added tests for secure_eq() itself (equal, different, different-length,
empty) alongside the existing check_token coverage.