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Executing untrusted scripts in a sandboxed environment

Date 2012-10-06 00:22 +0200
Subject Executing untrusted scripts in a sandboxed environment
From Robin Krahl <me@robin-krahl.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.1876.1349476204.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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Hi all,

I need to execute untrusted scripts in my Python application. To avoid security issues, I want to use a sandboxed environment. This means that the script authors have no access to the file system. They may only access objects, modules and classes that are "flagged" or "approved" for scripting.

I read that I will not be able to do this with Python scripts. (See SandboxedPython page in the Python wiki [0] and several SE.com questions, e. g. [1].) So my question is: What is the best way to "embed" a script engine in a sandboxed environment that has access to the Python modules and classes that I provide?

Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
    Robin

[0] http://wiki.python.org/moin/SandboxedPython
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3068139/how-can-i-sandbox-python-in-pure-python

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Executing untrusted scripts in a sandboxed environment Robin Krahl <me@robin-krahl.de> - 2012-10-06 00:22 +0200
  Re: Executing untrusted scripts in a sandboxed environment Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 02:11 -0700
  Re: Executing untrusted scripts in a sandboxed environment Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 02:11 -0700

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