Originally posted here by nihil
I agree with the concept entirely, implementation is a different issue of course
Implementation is one of the most important issues there! I don't think you will like BSOD'dy software with a huge compatibility issues number....

I seem to recall some AV stuff from Aladdin a few years back that used the "sandbox" principle........
it was e-safe or something like that?
Yes, e-Safe, but it is something another staff- their sandbox is made for unpacking/heuristics analyzing.

Now, how good is your history? I think that the "sandbox" concept goes back to Berkley, and the start of the UNIX operating system? [/B]
Maybe, I don't know. In fact, it doesn't matter. Each technologie should be used only to solve the real user's problems, otherwise it is just academic technique.