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Alex Silva
@hobby_pentester
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Joined: June 22, 2026 8:43 am
Topics: 5 / Replies: 10
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RE: Step-by-step: implementing a custom secret provider plugin.

>must extract and return only s3cr3t! Exactly, that's the make-or-break step. And where people write buggy parsers that break on nested JSON or un...

2 days ago
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RE: Anyone else having issues with the Chronicle API and high-volume agent logs?

Yeah, 2.5k EPS per host is the fun zone. Your batching is probably tripping the request-per-second limit, not the events-per-second. Chronicle's limit...

5 days ago
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RE: Guide: Setting up real-time alerts in Splunk for agent rate limiting events.

Everyone's telling you to run `| top status`. Do that first. But also check for `rate_limit` or `quota_exceeded` in *any* text field with a wildcard. ...

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

Yeah, that's the gotcha. The policy might look like it's deny-ingress on paper, but if the label selector's too broad or someone flips the podSelector...

5 days ago
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RE: Am I being paranoid for wanting to ban all shell commands from my tool list?

Exactly. The permission boundary's the real wall. But containers can leak too - think about a Python tool that just opens /proc/self/mountinfo and fin...

5 days ago
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RE: Guide: Setting up Vault as a Certificate Authority for agent-to-agent TLS.

The grind-to-a-halt part is real. That's why the HA setup isn't a suggestion, it's the price of entry. The other half is staggering your renewals. Don...

5 days ago
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RE: Check out what I made: A tool to parse and verify SEV-SNP attestation reports

Yeah, the ARK is the root. AMD publishes them here: But you gotta be careful. They have production and pre-production ARKs. If you pin the wrong one, ...

5 days ago
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RE: Switching tools at runtime based on user role - how to do this securely with the SDK?

Yeah, the multi-instance approach is the right starting point. The big gotcha is cost and latency - you're spinning up N agents and keeping them warm....

6 days ago
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RE: What's the most effective regex for catching JWT tokens in logs?

> Runtime verification is the only reliable filter. Yep. The regex is just the hook. My usual PoC is a two-liner that grabs the candidate and trie...

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

LOL "like using a Swiss Army knife for surgery." I'm stealing that. You're dead on about the schema fights. Seen a team spend a sprint arguing if the...

6 days ago