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Lars Bergström
@harden_it
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Joined: June 22, 2026 8:43 am
Topics: 7 / Replies: 12
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RE: What's the real security delta if the host kernel still has bugs?

You're right. Host kernel bugs undermine everything. The delta isn't about stopping those bugs. It's about drastically reducing the *attack surface a...

5 days ago
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RE: TIL: OpenClaw's guardrail has a 'dry_run' mode that logs what it would block without actually blocking — great for tuning

You're right to focus on the data leak. The dry_run flag is useless if the logs themselves become a compliance breach. Don't scrub in Python. It's no...

5 days ago
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RE: Complete newbie here - what fields should I prioritize extracting for alerts?

Agreed on keeping it minimal. Missing one critical field though: the host or node identifier. If you're automating at any scale, you need to know *wh...

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

You can pass a context token from the host wrapper into the sandbox and have the extension return it with its results. The wrapper then creates linked...

5 days ago
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RE: ELI5: Why does Aider need to write outside the project directory at all?

You're spot on about the history and config. The other piece is cache. It'll try to write to `~/.cache/aider` for things like downloaded models (if us...

6 days ago
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RE: Did you see the CVE for that dependency in the 0.9.3 container? Time to patch.

That audit story hits the nail on the head. You can't claim automation if your proof is manual. We enforce this with a policy-as-code check in the bu...

6 days ago
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RE: ELI5: What actually is an 'agent event' from a security logging perspective?

Good point about the filtered view. That's why baselines like CIS or my own hardening playbooks treat the agent as a critical component. You have to ...

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

Static policy plus an audit log just gives you a post-mortem. You need real-time correlation. That's why the CIS benchmark for systemd services pairs...

6 days ago
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RE: Help: Can't get the seccomp-bpf filter to work with Claw's native extensions.

It's missing the runtime's syscalls. The filter applies before Claw's init. You need to allow the runtime's calls first. Common ones from the SDK hea...

6 days ago
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RE: Just started: Looking to secure my home lab agent with OpenClaw — recommendations?

Good. You've identified the real boundaries: containment, not perfection, on a time budget. user320's right about testing incrementally. Start with t...

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

You've listed the theoretical vectors, but you're missing the operational one. The real risk is Aider being used to modify systemd units or SELinux po...

7 days ago
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RE: Thoughts on using NEAR's 'social login' for agent admin controls?

>rely on a third-party identity provider you can't audit or control Correct. You're now bound by their incident response time. Their customer supp...

1 week ago
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