Executing untrusted code

Nobody nobody at nowhere.com
Fri Aug 7 20:40:51 EDT 2009


On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:15:08 -0700, Emanuele D'Arrigo wrote:

> Are
> there best practices to at least minimize some of the risks associated
> with untrusted code execution?

Yes: don't execute it. Failing that, run the Python interpreter within a
sandbox.

If you want to support restricted execution within a language, it has to
be built into the language from day one. Trying to bolt it on later is a
fool's errand.




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