[Zope] re module & through the web security

Dan L. Pierson dan@sol.control.com
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:09:16 -0400 (EDT)


Evan Simpson writes:
 > From: Dan L. Pierson <dan@sol.control.com>
 > > Does this work for any module or just a semi-safe subset?
 > >
 > > How are submodules handled?  Just put the full path in the
 > > ModuleSecurityInfo call?  Can you grant permissions for all children
 > > of a parent module (scary!)?
 > 
 > http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/PythonMethods/GuardedImport

I looked there.  It says something about how import restrictions will
be implemented but nothing at all about what the limitations will be
or what the syntax for interacting with the restriction mechanism will 
be.  For example, your email is the only reference I can find to
ModuleSecurityInfo. 

 > ...is a good place to start learning about this.  Any module can be made
 > available -- it's up to the Zope administrator (or Product author) to decide
 > what they can safely expose, under what terms.

That seems reasonable.