Networking

A short overview of Secure Exec networking, with a link to the canonical agentOS networking docs.

Secure Exec virtualizes all VM networking so guest code never touches the real host network. At a glance:

• One kernel socket table: Guest fetch(), node:http, and raw sockets all flow through the kernel socket table, never the real host network.
• Loopback-only by default: A guest can bind and reach loopback services inside its own VM, but the socket table stays hermetic and cannot reach a real host loopback service.
• Allowlist-gated egress: Outbound networking is denied by default and opted into via the network permission, either allowing everything or scoping to specific patterns.
• Proxied host-to-guest: Host loopback ports are not visible to the guest unless explicitly exposed through loopbackExemptPorts.

Full reference

The canonical networking API, permission rules, and egress details are owned by agentOS.