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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python
Created by Guest
Created on May 7, 2025

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Python byte code only interpreter

The least privilege security and privacy control restricts compiles to the sandbox/development environments only. Unfortunately, the PYTHON interpreter, in addition to executing byte code, also executes source code (it has built in automatic just in time compiler) which must be enabled in the production environment. Accordingly, this is a request for an additional installation option to turn off the source code execution capability or to select an alternative interpreter that is byte code only.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    May 22, 2025

    This is not requesting that Python stop being an executable source code scripting language. This is about providing a byte code only alternative while still retaining the existing ability to execute from source code for those who want the least privilege additional security in production contexts. The UNIX shell and JAVA have this same problem. For the UNIX shell a potential remedy is to restrict authorization regarding who can execute it and to avoid shell scrips for in-house production applications. For JAVA, the best solution is the same as for Python, which is to provide an ability to optionally install the interpreter without the source code execution functionality or to provide an alternative byte code only interpreter in addition to the source code capable interpreter and to allow one of the two interpreters to be selected during the install.

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    JC Yao
    May 22, 2025

    Python is fundamentally an interpreter. It’s the same problem for other languages - java, shell, etc. Making the Python interpreter byte code only does not improve the security.

    Is there any further consideration to make Python byte code only?

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