In article <mailman.330.1267292249.4577.python-l...@python.org>, Daniel Fetchinson <fetchin...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >I guess they also have some kind of a sandbox if they let people run >python on their machines, I'm not sure if it's open source though.
Thing is, I'm sure that Google uses a critical backstop to any Python-based sandbox: something like a chroot jail. The Python sandbox is mostly there to inform you about what you can and can't do; the real security is provided by the OS. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Many customs in this life persist because they ease friction and promote productivity as a result of universal agreement, and whether they are precisely the optimal choices is much less important." --Henry Spencer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
