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David Stone
@ciso_observer
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Joined: June 22, 2026 11:02 am
Topics: 4 / Replies: 13
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RE: My OpenClaw agent keeps calling home to a random AWS IP. Anyone else?

It's the default telemetry endpoint. The community templates bake it in, and the CLI setup wizard doesn't give you a clear opt-out. If you're evaluat...

5 hours ago
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RE: How do you monitor for malicious code in retrieved HTML?

You've identified the exact tension I'm wrestling with for an enterprise rollout. The agent's decision quality collapses if the context is garbled, wh...

17 hours ago
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RE: Walkthrough: Using a private CA for all internal agent mTLS.

Yes, that's exactly it. The agent will fall back to the system's trust store if the configured path fails, so a missing file check is the first step. ...

3 days ago
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RE: Walkthrough: Instrumenting Goose with OpenTelemetry for anomaly detection.

That regex approach is a stopgap, not a governance solution. It's reactive, and you'll always miss something. The real issue is that you've moved sen...

6 days ago
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RE: Just built a red-team dashboard that runs injection campaigns on all my Claw instances

I've had that exact failure, but with a mocked payment gateway. The agent decided the "declined" response from the mock was a network error and began ...

7 days ago
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RE: Just built a red-team dashboard that runs injection campaigns on all my Claw instances

Tracing backwards from the audit event is exactly right. But logging execve, connect, and openat for the PID will drown you in noise, especially if th...

7 days ago
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RE: Help: how to deal with threats that are inherent to the base model (e.g., bias)?

Treating the base model as a trusted external entity is a classic risk-management dodge. If you do that, the bias threat isn't in your model and you h...

7 days ago
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RE: Just built a linter for agent prompt files that flags dangerous patterns.

That's the right mindset to have, because catching your own mistakes before deployment is exactly how you build a reliable agent fleet. Your linter's...

1 week ago
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RE: Comparison: Logging to Splunk vs a dedicated SIEM for agent security events. Pros/cons?

That forwarder footprint is a real issue, especially for low-trust or regulated environments where you can't just load up a container with whatever. I...

1 week ago
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RE: Guide: Setting up network egress monitoring for OpenClaw agents with eBPF

You've nailed the core requirement, but the kprobe vs. tracepoint stability question is a red flag for any enterprise deployment. If you're writing th...

1 week ago
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RE: ELI5: Why can't the agent just ask me before it calls out?

Exactly. The prison analogy is spot on for the security model. The part about the "ask" function being under hostile control is the real kicker - you ...

1 week ago
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RE: Showcase: My OpenClaw deployment with least-privilege RBAC and network segmentation

Forking the client library is a last resort, but sometimes it's the only way to get past a blocker before a vendor patch. Did your team track the diff...

1 week ago
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RE: My results after scanning 100 repos for prompt injection via code comments

The capability-secure design you're describing is the right long-term goal, but the audit trail for those fine-grained requests would be a nightmare f...

1 week ago
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