clawmoat 0.5.0 → 0.8.0
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- package/CONTRIBUTING.md +4 -2
- package/README.md +86 -3
- package/SECURITY.md +58 -10
- package/bin/clawmoat.js +298 -1
- package/clawmoat-0.8.0.tgz +0 -0
- package/docs/blog/386-malicious-skills.html +255 -0
- package/docs/blog/40000-exposed-openclaw-instances.html +194 -0
- package/docs/blog/agent-trust-protocol.html +197 -0
- package/docs/blog/clawmoat-vs-llamafirewall-nemo-guardrails.html +223 -0
- package/docs/blog/ibm-experts-agent-runtime-protection.html +238 -0
- package/docs/blog/index.html +168 -0
- package/docs/blog/mcp-30-cves-security-crisis.html +279 -0
- package/docs/blog/microsoft-openclaw-workstation-security.html +234 -0
- package/docs/blog/nist-ai-agent-standards-clawmoat.html +369 -0
- package/docs/blog/oasis-websocket-hijack.html +205 -0
- package/docs/blog/ollama-openclaw-security.html +154 -0
- package/docs/blog/openclaw-enterprise-readiness-claw10.html +198 -0
- package/docs/blog/openclaw-security-reckoning-2026.html +361 -0
- package/docs/blog/supply-chain-agents.html +166 -0
- package/docs/blog/supply-chain-agents.md +79 -0
- package/docs/business/index.html +530 -0
- package/docs/business/install.html +247 -0
- package/docs/checklist.html +168 -0
- package/docs/finance/index.html +217 -0
- package/docs/hall-of-fame.html +168 -0
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- package/docs/install.sh +557 -0
- package/docs/privacy-policy/index.html +122 -0
- package/docs/scan/index.html +214 -0
- package/docs/sitemap.xml +132 -2
- package/docs/support/index.html +124 -0
- package/docs/terms-of-service/index.html +122 -0
- package/examples/basic-usage.js +38 -0
- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/server/index.js +179 -14
- package/server/index.js.patch +1 -0
- package/src/finance/index.js +585 -0
- package/src/finance/mcp-firewall.js +486 -0
- package/src/guardian/cve-verify.js +129 -0
- package/src/guardian/gateway-monitor.js +590 -0
- package/src/guardian/index.js +3 -1
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<h1>Ollama Just Made OpenClaw One-Click. Here's How to Secure It.</h1>
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<p>Ollama 0.17 just shipped <strong>native OpenClaw integration</strong> with web search out of the box. Two commands and you have a personal AI agent running on your machine with local models.</p>
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<p>Ollama's latest release lets you set up OpenClaw to work with open models (Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, etc.) and web search. No cloud API keys needed. Fully local inference.</p>
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<p>When something is easy to install, people don't think about security. Ollama's user base is developers and tinkerers who want to run AI locally — they're not enterprise security teams. They'll run <code>ollama launch openclaw</code>, connect it to WhatsApp, and forget about it.</p>
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<h1>OpenClaw Scores 1.2/5 for Enterprise Readiness. Here's How to Fix 4 of the 10 Gaps.</h1>
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