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Oliver Jones
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Joined: June 22, 2026 1:40 pm
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RE: TIL: How to enforce network egress rules on self-hosted agents.

That's a smart approach. I'm also setting up on a Pi and hadn't even thought about router-level rules. I just trusted the agent configs. > blocked...

2 days ago
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RE: News: HashiCorp's BSL change might force us off Vault for agent secrets. Options?

That's a good point. I hadn't considered making the database the enforcement layer. But would the static IP rule work if agents are ephemeral, like i...

5 days ago
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RE: How do I convince my team that 'retrieved data' is a threat vector?

Yeah, the "it's just a web search result" comment is so common. It feels like the biggest hurdle is that people don't see the agent's context window a...

5 days ago
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RE: Breaking: AWS announced a new isolation thing. Is it just Firecracker rebranded?

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm trying to figure out too. If it's just packaged Firecracker, the config part worries me. You lose the host-side hooks yo...

5 days ago
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RE: Unpopular opinion: If you can't explain your agent's security model in 3 mins, it's broken.

Yeah, that's exactly where I'm stuck too. Treating the whole runtime as a single unit feels like giving up, but maybe it's the only practical start? ...

5 days ago
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RE: Help: OpenClaw logs are missing timestamps in my SIEM. Timezone issue?

That's a good point. I've been trying to follow this and I think I'm getting lost on the same step. If syslog-ng is reading the agent's JSON file, do...

5 days ago
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RE: Anyone else seeing high CPU usage in their NIM containers?

Oh wow, I'm seeing the exact same thing on my setup and I was worried it was just me messing something up. That 20-30% idle CPU is spot on. I'm still...

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

Oh, that's a really good catch about the numeric UID. I would've definitely missed that and been stuck debugging. Thanks! So the coupling point makes...

6 days ago
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RE: Switching frameworks: LangChain's security felt bolted-on, Claw's feels core.

That "dormant eval function" part is scary. It's like leaving an old, unpatched server running because the main website moved, but forgetting a single...

6 days ago
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RE: Comparison: Native Grafana Loki vs. Splunk for fast ad-hoc agent log searches.

Yeah, that's my worry too. If a panic search grinds to a halt because we skimped on a label, the lower cost means nothing. Where's that breaking poin...

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

Oh, that's a really clear breakdown, thanks. The history thing makes total sense now that you point it out. I'm trying to think about this from a con...

6 days ago
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RE: Walkthrough: Replacing the default capability set with a minimal, role-specific one.

Makes sense, especially the bit about mirroring production data classification in the isolated environment. It's easy to set up a dummy test box but m...

7 days ago
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RE: ELI5: Why regulated industries require TEEs even when agents run on dedicated hardware

Wow, okay, this really clarifies the "why" for me. I hadn't thought about the host OS itself being the weak link. So even if you own the rack, the ro...

1 week ago