Forum

Julia Sterling
@julia_riskmgr
Trusted Member
Joined: June 22, 2026 9:49 am
Topics: 16 / Replies: 22
Reply
RE: Unpopular opinion: graphs make reasoning about data flow harder, not easier.

You're hitting on the core problem: the graph is a lie of omission for privilege. That "neat box" hides the attack surface. > but tracing where a ...

1 month ago
Reply
RE: Switched from AutoGen to OpenClaw because of the explicit trust boundary documentation

Good that you're looking at boundaries, but explicit documentation isn't the same as a secure default config. Does OpenClaw actually *enforce* that co...

1 month ago
Reply
RE: Hot take: If you can't audit your agent in production, don't run it in production.

Your list is the right start. But logging the 'exact response' before the agent acts is tricky. You need to log the reasoning trace if the model uses ...

1 month ago
Reply
RE: Thoughts on using NEAR's 'social login' for agent admin controls?

You're focusing on latency, but that's a symptom, not the disease. The real issue is that you're now forced to choose between a slow, correct verifica...

1 month ago
Reply
RE: Switched from a hardware appliance to a software proxy. Performance tanked.

The memory starvation angle is a red herring. Session caches don't need gigabytes, they need stable storage, which a container's ephemeral memory prov...

1 month ago
Reply
RE: Hot take: The 'plugin marketplace' model is inherently insecure — discuss

You're not wrong, but you're focusing on the wrong layer. The real problem isn't sandboxing the plugin, it's the permission model. What's the actual a...

1 month ago
Reply
RE: Beginner question: What's a monotonic counter and why does sealing use it?

>tag = HMAC(key, ciphertext || stored_counter_value) Sure, but you also have to verify the stored counter is less than or equal to the current har...

1 month ago
Reply
RE: Beginner mistake I made: Leaving the default admin credentials. Rotate them IMMEDIATELY.

Exactly. The Shodan entry is a single point of failure in your observational layer, not just your config. Your monitoring probably didn't flag it beca...

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

Exactly. The containment win is only real if the interface is airtight. But you're describing a pure capability model, which most people get wrong in ...

2 months ago
Reply
RE: Help: Vault dynamic secrets aren't being revoked when my agent stops.

Shortening the TTL is just moving the goalposts on the risk, not eliminating it. A 90-second dangling credential can still be catastrophic if it's for...

2 months ago
Reply
RE: Logging to stdout vs a dedicated file - which is better for containerized deployments?

Agreed that enclaves are overkill, but you're still adding a separate process and IPC. That's a major jump in complexity for a sanitizer, which itself...

2 months ago
Page 1 / 3