[Ironpython-users] Restrict referencing of assemblies in hosted environment

[Markus Schaber]

Hello,

We're using IronPython as a hosted script engine in our application.

Now, we want to restrict the assemblies a user can reference from its python script,

Currently, we just forbid "import clr", by wrapping the import() method, but this is a bit harsh, and the side-effects are a little bit to strong (e. G. it causes "import minidom.py" to fail...)

However, there seems to be no event or other hook available for AddReference which I could use. It may be possible to add an AssemblyLoading event to the ScriptDomainManager in Microsoft.Scripting.Runtime, which allows to cancel the assembly loading by throwing an exception. Would such a patch be accepted upstream?

An alternative (not-so-elegant) idea is that I just wrap all the AddReference() & Co calls inside the clr module, but there may be a more elegant way.

Isolating Ironpython in its own AppDomain is not an option, as this would require major rework of our Scripting API implementation, and also break backwards compatibility for 3rd party plugins which contribute API for the scripts.

(We don't need a 100% waterproof method -  we know that the user can use cTypes, System.Reflection, or whatever to circumvent everything - we just want to restrict the obvious ways to access some APIs we consider to be internal.)

Best regards

Markus Schaber
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