From: perk at int.tele.dk (Per Knudsgaard)
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:56:20 +0200
Subject: Secure Python for embedding
Message-ID: <7ebb3c$8jf$1@news.inet.tele.dk>
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   Hi all,

   I have a situation where I would like to add a scripting language to the
client of a client-server application.  The server will, as part of the
communication between client and server, provide the client with scripts to
run.  I would like it to be secure so I do not end in a situation where I
expose the client machine to virae, Trojan horses or similar nasty things.
In other words, I would like the scripts to be run in their own little
"sandbox" environment.  I have the embedding almost down, but what I have is
a fully functional language within the client.  Is there any way, without
modifying the core Python code, that I can implement a secure scripting
language using Python?

   -- Per.






