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Re:Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion on Saturday August 01, 2026 @12:42PM (#49135949)
Long enough to authenticate the node into the Tailnet. Short enough to revoke itself before the Agent can use it.
Re:Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion on Friday July 31, 2026 @10:57PM (#49130650)
Not the quickest win if you're spinning up ephemeral runners for CI.
Re:Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion on Friday July 31, 2026 @10:53PM (#49130640)
Where is he preaching the religion of short-living credentials. He literally agrees with the high cost/friction to implement.

> Unfortunately, dynamic credentials are a lot of work to set up and maintain. When security requires work, people don't do it.

Re:Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion on Friday July 31, 2026 @10:38PM (#49130574)
It would not have prevented the initial exploit. The agent gained access to the K8s cluster and read the Tailscale Auth Key from Cluster Secrets. A short-lived credential would reduce the risk that the key is still valid when an agent gains access.