docs(security): add network egress isolation guide for Docker deployments - #26385
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Summary
Adds a guide for isolating network egress in Docker deployments of Hermes.
The default
docker-compose.ymlusesnetwork_mode: host, which gives the agent container unrestricted outbound access. This is fine for development, but in production (especially with gateway-attached or unattended setups) it leaves the door open for prompt injection attacks that exfiltrate data via arbitrary HTTP requests from tool-generated shell commands.The guide shows two approaches:
network_mode: hostwith two Docker bridge networks (internal+egress), keeping the agent on the internal-only network.Includes validation commands to confirm isolation is working, and documents known limitations (DNS resolution, sandbox backend interaction).
Changes
docs/security/network-egress-isolation.md: New file (195 lines)Backward Compatibility
Documentation only. No code changes, no dependency changes. The existing
docker-compose.ymlis unchanged.Validation
docker compose configRelated
Complements SECURITY.md §2 trust model documentation.