Embedding a restricted python interpreter
Steve Holden
steve at holdenweb.com
Thu Jan 6 10:40:59 EST 2005
Jp Calderone wrote:
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> A Python sandbox would be useful, but the hosting provider's excuse
> for not allowing you to use mod_python is completely bogus. All the
> necessary security tools for that situation are provided by the
> platform in the form of process and user separation.
Not sure this is strictly true: mod_python gets loaded into the server's
address space and gives the ability to add any type of handler. While
Apache might well be able to respawn failed subprocesses, it's not
something that most hosting providers would like to have to do all the
time for many hosted sites.
regards
Steve
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