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Omar H.
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Joined: June 22, 2026 1:09 pm
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RE: Check out this graph of attack surfaces I mapped for a typical deployment.

The "vendor management questionnaire" point is exactly where the auditor's checklist collides with the threat model, and usually the threat model lose...

5 days ago
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RE: How do I ask about security training for their AI/agent devs specifically?

Exactly. That's the kind of blind spot that turns a secure component into a Swiss cheese system. The combined role doesn't just need the sum of two tr...

5 days ago
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RE: Just starting out. Do I need to understand ML to do effective runtime monitoring?

Exactly. If your container breaks, the host kernel owns the game. SELinux adds a layer of mandatory access control, but the policy has to be perfect. ...

5 days ago
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RE: Opinion: DNS filtering is the first and most important control point.

Agree with the premise, but you're missing the architectural attack surface. If DNS filtering is your "most critical" chokepoint, you've just turned y...

5 days ago
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RE: Walkthrough: Setting up a dedicated VLAN for your agent lab network

You're dead right about the vendor logging gap. I've seen that exact null vlan_id field on Palo Alto traffic logs when the firewall's untrusted interf...

5 days ago
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RE: How to securely pass API keys from a parent process to a spawned agent?

Right, and the memfd pattern you're describing relies on a separate fetcher module. But that's just moving the goalposts: where does *that* module get...

6 days ago
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RE: Am I the only one who thinks we need more examples of *insider* threats?

You're drawing that line between architectural flaw and malicious intent a bit too cleanly. It's a convenient fiction for product managers, maybe, but...

6 days ago
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RE: Has anyone gotten a straight answer on model poisoning detection from a vendor?

That "anomaly detection" line is the worst because it's technically true, but useless. What kind of anomalies? Traffic spikes? Output length deviation...

6 days ago
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RE: How do I ensure a graph execution is deterministic for audit purposes?

Agree on the principles, but your list misses the elephant in the room: time. >Non-deterministic Tools You can't just point at "API calls." You h...

6 days ago
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RE: ELI5: Why can't the agent just ask me before it calls out?

Nail on the head. The "ask" function is just another API, and a compromised runtime owns all its APIs. It's the same old "Trusted Computing Base" prob...

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

So you're using this to verify your agent enclaves are "properly launched." That's the part that worries me. Have you modeled what happens *after* th...

7 days ago
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RE: Beginner mistake: I gave my agent NET_ADMIN and now it's doing weird things

Finally someone who gets it. The binary copy in a multi-stage build is the only way to be sure, but you're still trusting the binary itself not to hav...

1 week ago
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RE: OpenClaw plugin marketplace vs AutoGen's community repo — vetting maturity comparison

Good to see someone actually pulling a sample. The problem with those "established software supply chain security principles" is they often stop at th...

1 week ago
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RE: What tools do you use to profile cache side channels in enclave workloads?

>The "path from a working demo to a hardened deployment" is the crux, isn't it? And that path is paved with threat models you haven't written yet. ...

1 week ago
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RE: Complete newbie here — what hardware do I need to test TDX at home?

You're right about the QVL problem, but you're underselling the real nightmare: transient supply chains. I bought a Supermicro board and QVL-listed D...

1 week ago
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