A specialized skill designed to audit, harden, and secure OpenClaw hosts and their associated network exposure.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install security-network-hardening
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install security-network-hardening using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Security + Network Hardening?
The Security + Network Hardening skill provides a comprehensive framework for securing OpenClaw environments, focusing on deep infrastructure audits and systematic hardening. It enables AI agents to identify critical vulnerabilities such as broad listening ports, insecure gateway configurations, and missing rate limits within your deployment.
By leveraging these Openclaw Skills, developers can transition from a basic installation to a production-ready, hardened environment. The skill prioritizes safety by performing read-only assessments first, ensuring that management access like SSH is never interrupted during the hardening process.
Security + Network Hardening Use Cases
- Auditing an OpenClaw host for unauthorized network exposure and configuration vulnerabilities.
- Hardening Linux firewalls using UFW or firewalld while maintaining critical management access.
- Identifying and remediating elevated wildcard access in security configurations.
- Restricting access to metrics endpoints and sensitive gateway nodes.
- Generating automated remediation scripts and rollback procedures for security state changes.
How Security + Network Hardening Works
- Executes a read-only baseline audit to gather system information, OS details, and current network listening states.
- Analyzes OpenClaw specific configurations for vulnerabilities like writable credentials or broad listening ports.
- Identifies priority risks such as missing gateway auth rate limiting or ineffective command denial rules.
- Proposes explicit hardening actions and generates configuration artifacts for user review.
- Applies confirmed security fixes, including firewall rules and configuration patches.
- Performs a final verification audit to ensure all critical findings are resolved and services remain reachable.
Security + Network Hardening Setup
To begin using these security features within your Openclaw Skills environment, start by running a deep audit to establish your current security posture:
# Perform a deep security audit
openclaw security audit --deep
# Check network exposure
ss -ltnup
# Verify OpenClaw status
openclaw status --deep
Security + Network Hardening Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill generates and manages several critical security artifacts to ensure transparency and recoverability:
| Artifact | File Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | firewall-rules.md |
A detailed log of all proposed and active firewall rules. |
| Deployment Script | apply-firewall.sh |
Shell script used to implement the hardening rules. |
| Recovery Script | scripts/rollback-firewall.sh |
A safety script to immediately revert changes if connectivity is lost. |
| Verification Script | scripts/verify-firewall.sh |
Script to validate that the hardening rules are functioning as intended. |
Security + Network Hardening Advanced Features
- Integrated deep audit scanning for configuration-level vulnerabilities.
- Safety-first firewall workflow that prioritizes SSH rule persistence to prevent lockouts.
- Detection of workspace skill symlink escapes to prevent unauthorized file access.
- Automated validation of openclaw.json integrity after manual or automated edits.
- Support for multi-tool firewall environments including UFW, firewalld, and nftables.
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