title: Security with Java Scripting (JRuby, Jython, Groovy, BeanShell, etc)
body: <p>I'm looking to run some un-verified scripts (written in a yet-to-be-determined language, but needs to be Java-based, so JRuby, Groovy, Jython, BeanShell, etc are all candidates). I want these scripts to be able to do some things and restricted from doing other things.</p>
  
  <p>Normally, I'd just go use Java's SecurityManager and be done with it. That's pretty simple and lets me restrict file and network access, the ability to shutdown the JVM, etc. And that will work well for the high level stuff I want to block off.</p>
  
  <p>But there is some stuff I want to allow, but only via my custom API/library that I've providing. For example, I don't want to allow direct network access to open up a URLConnection to yahoo.com, but I am OK if it is done with MyURLConnection. That is - there is a set of methods/classes that I want to allow and then everything else I want to be off limits.</p>
  
  <p>I don't believe this type of security can be done with the standard Java security model, but perhaps it can. I don't have a specific requirement for performance or flexibility in the scripting language itself (the scripts will be simple procedural calls to my API with basic looping/branching). So even a "large" overhead that checks a security check on every  reflection call is fine by me. </p>
  
  <p>Suggestions?</p>