Replacement for rexec/Bastion?

Christian Tismer tismer at tismer.com
Wed Aug 27 20:25:47 EDT 2003


Colin Coghill (SFive) wrote:

...

> Is Python (preferably CPython 2.3) still able to "sandbox" bits of code
> under an application provided API safely?
> 
> Even Jython or Stackless would be ok, I suppose.

I really love to see Stackless mentioned, but I don't
see how this is related?
Stackless, due to its ability to pickle and transfer
executable code, is much more "dangerous" than regular
Python, if used in the correct "wrong" mode.

ciao - chris

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