Jimmie writes:
Michel wrote:
import os while 1: os.fork()
A trivial fork bomb, but there are a million others. Please don't mistake my comment as a request to start a discussion on hack techniques.
Ah, security risks. Being a naive end-user who is not a security risk, who is not accustomed to thinking about malicious users. It is something I will have to learn though. :(
This is something we need to point out when talking about all the various facilities for creating applications. While there is a tendency to leap straight to Python, there are advantages to the facilities of DTML scripting, the Lever, and Classes. In this case, since DTML works pretty hard to disallow or prevent various ways to hose a process and/or machine, it is more trustworthy than straight Python. --Paul