Stefan Behnel wrote:
> Sturla Molden, 02.07.2010 14:06:
>   
>> Den 2. juli 2010 kl. 08.21 skrev Stefan Behnel:
>>
>>     
>>> Sturla Molden, 02.07.2010 06:03:
>>>       
>>>> All programs that use PyCObject become a security problem. PyCObject
>>>> makes no "type checks" on the void pointer, and can therefore be
>>>> used to
>>>> crash the interpreter or execute exploit code as destructor.
>>>>         
>>> Like that was hard to do from C
>>>       
>> PyCObject opens for exploits from Python code.
>>     
>
> Seriously, if I can make you run my Python code on your server, I doubt 
> that PyCObject is your main problem.
>   
Google AppEngine, that kind of stuff. The point would be to make it 
faster to audit the code for such purposes, I think.

Dag Sverre
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