Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:44:37 +1000, timmy wrote: > > >>congraulations you have discovered loops and their misuse > > > Did you have a point in your utterly inane comment, or did you just want > to see your name on Usenet? > > In any case, it isn't just "loops" that are dangerous. > > print 2**512**512 > > No loop there, but it will operate as a lovely DoS attack if you run it. > > The Original Poster is suggesting running UNTRUSTED code. That means you > have to assume that it will be actively hostile, but even if it isn't > deliberately hostile, there will be bugs which the developer can't control. > > He wants to run this untrusted (hostile or buggy or both) code in an > environment where it can't do bad things. "Bad things" include Denial of > Service attacks. So, Timmy, let's hear your brilliant scheme for > preventing DoS attacks when running hostile code in Python. > > >
as posted before, linux kernel limit. then you and your users can go as crazy as you want and you won't take out your system. maybe you should think a little more before going on the attack like that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
