"Emanuele D'Arrigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Nov 1, 12:44 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > > I think the most reliable solution is to take advantage of a level > > in the system that already has to provide protection against > > malicious code: use a chroot jail. […] > > [sigh] That sound a little overkill for a small application. I guess > somebody should come up with a sandbox version of python, that can > be executed, say, with a directory provided as a parameter and all > the os calls are never made above that level.
That's exactly what a chroot jail *is*, except you don't need to wait for a special version of Python. You don't gain anything with the appropach you describe that you wouldn't have by setting up a chroot jail using the existing functionality for that purpose. -- \ “You can't have everything; where would you put it?” —Steven | `\ Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
