Production-Grade Agents Have Massive Attack Surfaces
WesEklund · x · 2026-07-15
The author warns that once agents like openclaw and hermes hit production environments, their attack surface becomes massive, meaning you can't just focus on surface-level features.
They recommend building security from the foundational architecture up, rather than patching holes after the system is already stacked together. Replies echo this sentiment, noting that many developers are aware of their huge attack surface but simply don't care.
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