Re: Users-prolog Digest, Vol 72, Issue 11

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by Duncan Patton a Campbell :: Rate this Message:

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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:00:24 -0400
users-prolog-request@... wrote:

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> Hi,
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> Is there any way of executing an untrusted prolog-program in a secure
> way. That is, so there is no way for the program to for instance read
> or modify files / establish network connections etc.
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> (I'm a TA and thinking of writing an automated solution tester.)
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> // Andreas Lundblad
>

The place to do this is at a system level, and not as a language
feature, per-se.  To be paranoid, you might run your suspect
program inside a chrooted box on OpenBSD.

Dhu


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