Or to clarify I mean you cant offer scripting to users, and make it so it cant be abused. One of my old projects was to embed python in the citadel groupware server [fun fact, I got webware working from inside the citadel server] and yeah, couldnt make it secure at all, so ended up with signed scripts in a secure directory only.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Shayne O'Neill wrote: > > Hmm. Ok. What Im getting at, is that Im presuming that these scripts are > at an administrative level? Python absolutely can not be made secure. > There where attempts a while back at it, but it was found that it simply > cant be done. > > Oh yeah, totally offtopic, but regarding the 'penis enhancing drug' thing, > akismet has a python library, and it works the charm. I've integrated > akismet into all my sites now, and one that was clocking a good 200+ spams > a day has dropped to none. > > On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Oliver Bock wrote: > >>> >>> Without wanting to be rude, but is there a point to the exercise? >> >> Of course not. I've got nothing better to do than start mailing list >> threads. On my weekends I go around and post comments to blogs, >> advertising penis-enlarging drugs. >> >>> ... If this >>> is a problem then one would presume that they can just restart the system >>> if it locks and check out the stack dump? >> >> When the system locks up it blocks all users, not just the few silly >> ones who write the infinite loops. The system handles ten of thousands >> of requests a day and a short lock up will usually affect several >> innocent users, who will give up and complain. >> >> >> Oliver >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Webware-discuss mailing list >> Webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Webware-discuss mailing list > Webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss > _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list Webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
