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On the errand · Scope, watch, take back or end the errand. · it acts

Element 89

89●›
Fn
Fence

Set limits the harness enforces, not its judgment.

allow and deny rules · sandbox · spend cap

First known

From a history

1996Java's original sandbox: untrusted applets run under the Security Manager's strict rules on local files.

JDK 1.0. The mechanism is verified; the year is not on the page.

Dated by a reputable history or a participant's own account. The source.

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Specimen № 89 — operate freely

Click the places it mustn't touch to fence them off. Then set it working.

Fig. 89 — Fence

000 readings · idle

On the errand: its twin

  1. on the guessOpOpt out
  2. on the errandFnFence

The two series line up in pairs. Each act on a guess sits above the act that does the same thing to an errand, so Opt out and Fence are one move made on two kinds of thing.

Bodies

The act stays put while the hardware changes. These are some of the forms Fence takes.

  • allow and deny rules
  • sandbox
  • spend cap