Restricted Execution
Restricted Execution
Warning
In Python 2.3 these modules have been disabled due to various known and not readily fixable security holes. The modules are still documented here to help in reading old code that uses the rexec and Bastion modules.
Restricted execution is the basic framework in Python that allows for the segregation of trusted and untrusted code. The framework is based on the notion that trusted Python code (a supervisor) can create a “padded cell’ (or environmen