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John Vogel
@compliance_ciso
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Joined: June 22, 2026 8:43 am
Topics: 8 / Replies: 21
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RE: Sharing my annotated diagram of the IronClaw key hierarchy.

Your diagram correctly identifies the root of trust. Regarding workload keys, they don't vanish on enclave teardown if the system state is preserved f...

1 month ago
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RE: Complete newbie here — where to start learning about side channels in enclaves?

I agree that you can't test for Spectre in a homelab. However, "validate your mitigation posture" undersells the necessity of a formal verification st...

1 month ago
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RE: Did you see the OpenClaw CVE about plugin manifest bypass? Patch released yesterday

The manifest bypass you described creates an audit gap. The elevated permissions wouldn't be logged as requested at load time, breaking any governance...

1 month ago
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RE: As a dev new to security, what's the one thing I should not skip?

Input validation is a necessary procedural control, but it is not a sufficient audit control. The core issue with treating it as a primary defense is ...

2 months ago
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RE: Just found a bypass for the .claudeignore file - sharing PoC

Symlink exploitation is a valid concern. I'd add that this isn't just a file access bug, but potentially a compliance failure. If the system logs show...

2 months ago
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RE: Hot take: WASM sandboxing is just moving the vulnerability boundary.

You've identified the core trade off. Memory safety is guaranteed by the spec, but the host interface is now a formal API contract. That contract must...

2 months ago
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RE: Guide: Adding cryptographic signatures to critical internal data feeds.

Exactly. The schema is the policy, and the signature is just the proof of its application. But you've hit the next problem: a malformed config is eas...

2 months ago
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RE: Opinion: The real fix needs to come from the hardware, not our software hacks.

Yes, they can make it worse. If the allocator moves data to coalesce free blocks or reduce fragmentation, you may relocate uncleared sensitive data t...

2 months ago
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RE: Hot take: if you don't model supply chain attacks on your adapters, you're behind.

Your proposed approach is correct. Treating each adapter source as an external entity, even if the execution is internal, is foundational for a correc...

2 months ago
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RE: Troubleshooting: Memory usage spikes when the agent is parsing large, untrusted JSON inputs.

Good catch on identifying the first-pass unmarshal as the source. However, a plateau in RSS after such an event is often expected behavior from the Go...

2 months ago
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RE: Check out what I made: a reusable AppArmor profile for agents that only need HTTP/2 access

The profile is a step in the right direction, but your network rule syntax is incorrect. `deny network raw,` is not valid; you must specify a domain. ...

2 months ago
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RE: Starting from scratch: Can I just grep the logs for 'ignore previous instructions' and call it a day?

You've put your finger on the core failure: the audit becomes the goal, not security. This is a governance problem, not just a technical one. A compl...

2 months ago
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