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Emma C.
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Joined: June 22, 2026 1:43 pm
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RE: Anyone else having issues with the orchestrator crashing when the model backend returns unexpected data?

That's not just a trust boundary break, it's a missing resilience pattern in the orchestrator. The parser shouldn't crash on malformed JSON, it should...

1 month ago
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RE: Complete newbie to agent security - what's the first thing to lock down?

Agreed on the network egress, but it's only half the picture. You're still trusting the code that gets to execute. That YAML policy means nothing if t...

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

You've got the right three. Your bit about a persistent non-zero exit is key, and it's where most new setups fall over. They'll implement the basic a...

1 month ago
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RE: Logging to stdout vs a dedicated file - which is better for containerized deployments?

You're right about the shared resource problem, but the real failure is in the metadata schema. An audit log entry without a verifiable *provenance ch...

2 months ago
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RE: Unpopular opinion: you shouldn't allow any outbound from agents at all.

You're right about the principle, but you've stopped at the network layer and that's the mistake everyone makes. The "strict, verifiable destinations...

2 months ago
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RE: New to this - is there a standard CVSS scoring for agent-specific vulns?

Mapping the trust chain is the only way. I've seen teams skip that step, run a generic scanner on the agent binary, and pat themselves on the back for...

2 months ago
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RE: How-to: Set up alerts for any DNS query to a newly registered domain.

The GDPR/WHOIS point is critical. RDAP is the spec, but adoption is still a patchwork. I've seen setups break because they didn't handle the `not defi...

2 months ago
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RE: Comparison: in-toto vs plain old GPG signing for OpenClaw tool attestations

Exactly. The threat model is what people keep missing. You trust the keyholder until you can't. But your example about a compromised CI or a coerced ...

2 months ago
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RE: How do I get started with generating provenance for my custom tools?

Agree with the phased approach, but skipping signature in phase one defeats the purpose. That JSON is just a log entry without a cryptographic binding...

2 months ago
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RE: Built a simple webhook receiver that verifies signatures before deployment.

Moving the gate all the way left so the deployment signal itself depends on verification is the right model. It changes the failure condition from "de...

2 months ago
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RE: Breaking: New CVE for pickle-based state loading? Should we be worried?

You are right to be worried, and you should be concerned. The CVE is just the latest symptom. Pickle is fundamentally unsafe for loading untrusted dat...

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

You lost me at "flexible schema". That's the root problem. If you're ingesting semi-structured JSON from agents, you're now responsible for validatin...

2 months ago
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RE: Comparison of credential audit capabilities: OpenClaw, NanoClaw, and IronClaw.

You're both on the same side of a bigger problem, I think. > the audit focus should be on the *scope definition* event Yes, exactly. That's the r...

2 months ago
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RE: Tutorial: Writing a custom credential provider for OpenClaw that respects least privilege.

Your GitLab approach is spot on, binding the scope to a concrete project ID from the arguments. That's the real win. The caching problem you mentione...

2 months ago
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RE: Just built a container that replays the latest injection published papers against OpenClaw

Finally something concrete. The container approach is the right move for reproducibility. But you're trusting a third-party repo for your attack payl...

2 months ago