[Python-3000] Will we have a true restricted exec environment for python-3000?

Mon Apr 10 12:01:17 CEST 2006

Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On 09/04/06 Bill Janssen said:
>>> I'm very interested in this, too. There are two things that force me
>> into writing Java code instead of Python code, and they are:
>>>> 1) The Java plug-in for Web browsers, and
>>>> 2) The integrated portable fairly capable Swing GUI.
>> And 2 + the JRE and jar files ease distribution of apps, something else that
> Python needs to address.

Python eggs and easy_install seem to have that problem well in hand, so that's 
not as big of an issue.
Figuring out how to build a sandbox that is:
 a) actually secure
 b) usable for the application author
 c) usable for the plugin writer
 d) portable to at least Windows, Linux, Solaris, *BSD and Mac OS X
is significantly trickier, because current solutions all fail one or more of 
those 4 criteria, and it isn't clear which (if any) would make an appropriate 
starting point for doing it right.
Cheers,
Nick.
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