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Introduction
A VPN for every agent: each AI agent gets a network of its own, and every connection it makes is checked, routed and recorded. VPN Works is a project to build that …
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How It Works
The idea. Seal each agent in a sandbox whose only way out is vpnw. vpnw checks every connection against a policy, sends it down the path you chose and records it. The …
case studies
Coding Agent Case Study: Deploy Token Blocked by a Policy Drafted From One Traced Run
A coding agent needs the network to do its job. It reads repositories, downloads packages, files tickets and reports back. It also reads text written by strangers, and …
case studies
Office Route Case Study: Ticket Filed Through the Office Exit, With the Deploy Token Still Blocked
Some of an agent’s work lives inside a company network: an issue tracker, a package mirror, an internal API. The usual way in is the company VPN, and it takes the …
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Sealed Sandbox Case Study: A Script That Ignores Proxy Settings Tries Three Ways Out and Finds None
A proxy setting is only a request. Most programs honor HTTPS_PROXY, and a policy enforced at the proxy works for them. A program that has been told to leak something has …
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Cloud Metadata Case Study: Request for Instance Credentials Blocked Before Any Connection Is Made
Every major cloud runs a metadata service at the same address, 169.254.169.254, reachable from inside each virtual machine. Among other things it hands out the …
next uses
Next Uses: Seven Places Where a Network per Program Could Fit
The four case studies share one pattern. A program that runs on its own, and can be talked into things, gets a network of its own: one way out, a path chosen for it, a …
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VPN Works Explained: How vpnw Gives Each AI Agent Its Own Network and Stops Token Leaks
VPN Works is a prototype of a small program called vpnw. It gives one program, usually an AI agent, a private network of its own on a Linux computer. vpnw decides where …
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Where the Money Is in VPN Works: One Policy and One Log for Every AI Agent a Company Runs
VPN Works is a prototype today, so its business case is a plan to test with customers. Here is the short answer to where the money is. The engine that seals one agent on …