[Python-Dev] doc for new restricted execution design for Python

[Brett Cannon]

On 6/27/06, Scott David Daniels <Scott.Daniels at acm.org> wrote:
>
> Brett Cannon wrote:
> > On 6/27/06, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>  ...
> >> Caps and current usage should also be available (though read-only)
> >> from python; it is quite sensible to spill some cache when getting too
> >> close to your memory limit.
> >
> > Yeah, being able to read your restrictions seems reasonable to do from
> an
> > untrusted interpreter.
>
> Certainly in some cases I'd like to run a Python program that claims it
> "plays nice" without its being able to see that it is in jail. Otherwise
> I can't escalate my trust of the code based on old behavior (it might be
> nice only when the jailer is around).  So, reading your restrictions is
> a capability I'd like to be able to control.


Sounds reasonable.

-Brett
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