padded cell

( n.)

   Where  you  put  {luser}s so they can't hurt anything. A program that
   limits  a  luser to a carefully restricted subset of the capabilities
   of  the  host  system  (for example, the rsh(1) utility on USG Unix).
   Note  that  this  is different from an {iron box} because it is overt
   and not aimed at enforcing security so much as protecting others (and
   the  luser)  from  the  consequences of the luser's boundless naivete
   (see {naive}). Also padded cell environment.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {iron box}]