Applications that are downloaded from the Internet or an intranet and executed on the client have the potential to damage the client system (such as erasing a hard disk). In order to prevent accidental or malicious behaviour, some languages and environments (such as Java) deny a distributed object access to operating system calls or to other system resources. Objects that are restricted in such a manner are said to be "in the sandbox."
A protective mechanism used in some programming environments that limits the actions that programs can take. A program normally has all the same privileges as the user who runs it. However, a sandbox restricts a program to a set of privileges and commands that make it difficult or impossible for the program to cause any damage to the user's data.
a confined area containing a safe set of tools the program can play with
a defined environment, with only little access to the outside world
a kind of protected and controlled execution environment
a program that sets up a completely separate environment on your computer for things to run in
a safe place to build a castle
a thing you play in when you're little, with the Tonka trucks and shovels and buckets, making sand castles that you can easily destroy and rebuild
a virtual environment commonly used by AV researchers to look at the behaviour of malware in a safe environment
a security technique used to contain the actions that applications from untrusted sources might take. Sandboxed applications are limited to a defined set of privileges and functions.
a safe environment for running Java applications without threatening a computer’s disk space or memory.
Comprises a number of cooperating system components, ranging from security managers that execute as part of the application, to security measures designed into the Java virtual machine and the language itself. The sandbox ensures that an untrusted, and possibly malicious, application cannot gain access to system resources.
A Java term for the carefully defined limits within which Java code must operate.
A protective mechanism used in some programming environments that limits a program's access to system resources. A sandbox restricts a program to a set of privileges and commands that make it difficult or impossible for the program to cause any damage to the user's data.
sandbox - A security mechanism used to constrain the actions a program can take. A sandbox restricts a program to a defined set of privileges and actions that reduce the likelihood that the program may damage the system hosting the program.
In computer security, a sandbox is a security mechanism for safely running programs. It is often used to execute untested code, or programs from unverified third-parties, suppliers and untrusted users.