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ToxSec's avatar

If you're running local models, make sure they are secure.

5 pro tips on staying secure.

Feel free to AMA!

William Richard Cordero's avatar

I had a question regarding running claw in a sandbox on an Ubuntu box. What do you recommend? ToxSec thank you so much!

ToxSec's avatar

yeah that would be very secure. i run openclaw on a separate dedicated machine, but if i didn’t have that, your set up is how i would go!

William Richard Cordero's avatar

thank you!!! 👍🙏

ToxSec's avatar

of course! thank you as well :)!

Jenny Ouyang's avatar

Layer 2 is what I need, so practical and useful. Thanks a ton ToxSec!

ToxSec's avatar

awesome to hear 😁🔥🔥🔥

Ryan's avatar

So practical Tox. Local models are on 2026 roadmap, will need a rain check on that AMA for another quarter.

ToxSec's avatar

Thanks a ton Ryan! i think it’s still early with them. they are just getting to the point where they are reliable. honest assessment is they probably need another 6 months or so for most people, but their getting really good. add in a new open source harness from

the CC leak, and i think end of the year local models will be usable for the average user.

Erich Winkler's avatar

Great article! I really appreciate the specific steps you gave us to verify a local model!

ToxSec's avatar

thanks a ton Erich, appreciate that. Local models are going to be a powerhouse by the end of the year.

Erich Winkler's avatar

Sure thing!

What do you think the most common usage will be?

ToxSec's avatar

i think we will get a harness from the CC leak, and an few general purpose/ public and trust MCP servers. so for most people looking to automate, study, research, write etc…

it will be essentially free. at the yearly trends, SaaS LLM providers will move more towards coding / security. their tokens will be “smarter” but more expensive.

when local models can answer most people’s questions and do their tasks with a low hallucination rate, a lot of people will want to save money.

Erich Winkler's avatar

Money is often the best motivation after all! Thank you for your opinion. Definitely an interesting one!

SyntheticLife's avatar

Suggestion: make a post about how to navigate Huggingface and track a model from official base, through fine tuned, and down to quants. Explain popular methods to post-train and compress.

ToxSec's avatar

i should totally do this. great suggestion. i’ll start looking into this. screenshot or maybe a video could help.

Jason Ives's avatar

DONT

ToxSec's avatar

hahaha. 😂