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Grimlock: eBPF-Based Agent Guard for Secure Sandbox Communication

other · 2026-05-28

Grimlock is an Agent Guard system that enforces trust in high-agency agentic systems by intercepting sandbox communication via eBPF and using post-handshake attestation bound to TLS 1.3 channel bindings. It authorizes communication and issues short-lived, channel-bound scope tokens for least-privilege delegation, without modifying agent code.

Key facts

  • Grimlock uses eBPF-enforced traffic interception
  • It combines interception with post-handshake attestation
  • Attestation is bound to standard TLS 1.3 channel bindings
  • The guard authorizes communication after channel establishment
  • It mints short-lived, channel-bound scope tokens
  • Scope tokens capture least-privilege delegation
  • Agent code remains unchanged
  • Trust enforcement is moved into the sandbox substrate

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