[Python-Dev] doc for new restricted execution design for Python (original) (raw)

Scott David Daniels Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org
Tue Jun 27 19:53:45 CEST 2006

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.

-- Scott David Daniels Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org

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