Tres Seaver wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Paul Moore wrote: >> 2009/3/13 Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk>: >>> If a decent package management system *was* included, this wouldn't be an >>> issue.. >> Remember that a "decent package management system" needs to handle >> filling in all the forms and arranging approvals to get authorisation >> for packages when you download them. >> >> And no, I'm *not* joking. People in a locked-down corporate >> environment really do benefit from just having to get the OK for >> "Python", and then knowing that they have all they need. > > You are plainly joking: nothing in Python should know or care about the > various bureaucratic insanities in some workplaces. Given the > *existing* stdlib and network connectivity, nothing any corporate > security blackshirt can do will prevent an even moderately-motivated > person from executing arbitrary code downloaded from elsewhere. In that > case, what is the point in trying to help those who impose such craziness? I (and most people, I presume) would not run arbitrary program downloaded from somewhere else on a corporate server that holds many important customer data even when there is no technical or even bureaucratic restriction, maybe I will sneak around on a workstation but definitely not on the server especially if I love my job and want to keep it (I'm a student though so that applies to me in the future).
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