[Zope] Zope killed by TCPA?

[Philip Kilner]

Hi Rob,

In article <3E1890FE.6060009@yahoo.co.uk>, Rra42 wrote:
> I was not so much thinking of the client but the server: actually 
> getting a TCPA server to run Zope and/or Python.
> 

Interesting - let's assume that there was the citical mass in the 
market to get the script engine certified, but not the scripted 
application (I know there is non-script - e.g. c - code in Zope). Would 
the script engine run uncertified code? Would I be able to run my own 
DOS batch files, Un*x shell scripts or equivalent?

To me the impossibility of drawing a sensible line would seem to show 
that this scheme cannot fly in such a draconian form as some pundits 
fear.

> The comments I've read seem to indicate that uncertified (eg open 
> source) code won't run on a TCPA box.
>

OK, but unless the SOBs can really impose a scheme which effectively 
says "you cannot run legacy code on your non-legacy box", TCPA products 
are more likely to meet a niche need - the need for trusted computing 
in scenarios where the economics support doing such an expensive thing!

Regards,

PhilK

Sun, 05 Jan 2003 20:24 GMT  @ Vaio

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