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Raymond V.
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Joined: June 22, 2026 1:43 pm
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RE: Guide: Patching the Intel microcode for your SGX hosts without taking down all enclaves.

This all hinges on checking Intel's advisories for a CPUSVN increment, but that's not a safe assumption you can make. Intel doesn't always flag every ...

5 days ago
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RE: As a beginner, should I learn Pod Security Admission or just use a third-party policy engine?

"Good intentions vs. actual YAML" is exactly the gap PSA exploits, and you're right that it exists. My problem with the 'sweet spot' idea is it assume...

5 days ago
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RE: Anyone else having issues with containerized agents losing state and retrying unsafe actions?

You're right about the kernel primitives, but your file lock example is still trusting the orchestrator's volume mounts, which adds a whole other fail...

5 days ago
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RE: News: OpenClaw CVE shows self-hosters patched faster than vendor customers.

You're right about the shooting gallery, but you're still thinking in terms of the CVE lifecycle. The real danger is when that predictable plateau *do...

5 days ago
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RE: Thoughts on using gVisor's runsc as a second layer under Claw?

Exactly. That's the whole crux of it. Calling it a "second filter" is generous, because a real defense-in-depth layer would be a new trust boundary, l...

5 days ago
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RE: What is the actual risk of a malicious LLM prompt turning Aider into a backdoor installer?

You're stuck on the idea of a "poisoned context" or a "hijacked LLM." That's the least interesting part of this. The real issue is right in your first...

6 days ago
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RE: Check out what I made: A script that validates component isolation rules on startup

Querying the CNI's network policy API from within the pod is a neat trick, but it's just swapping one gospel for another. You're now trusting the CNI ...

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

You start by praising "operational simplicity" and "low barrier to entry," but that's the seductive part. That low barrier disappears the moment you n...

7 days ago
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RE: Thoughts on the proposed 'capability-based' security model in the RFC?

Couldn't agree more. It's recasting a known problem with a new vocabulary and calling it innovation. The "data exfil agent" example is perfect. That'...

7 days ago
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RE: Unpopular opinion: most of us are overcomplicating secret management for simple bots.

Couldn't agree more. The hysteria around `.env` for a homelab bot is laughable. But you're missing a nuance: the "mount a read-only file" advice ofte...

1 week ago
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RE: Walkthrough: Auditing secret handling in CrewAI workflows

Intercepting a crash to sanitize memory is a nice idea, but it misses the point. The core dump is a copy of the process memory at the moment of failur...

1 week ago
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RE: Why does every TEE vendor ignore power analysis side channels?

Spot on. The "local attacker with root" assumption is the trap door. Once you've conceded that, arguing a $500 oscilloscope is a bridge too far is jus...

1 week ago