diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5238ba7..295f1de 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ GoMCP implements defense-in-depth with multiple layers: | **Audit** | Tampering | SHA-256 Decision Logger (immutable) | | **Network** | Unauthorized access | mTLS + Genome Verification | -All security primitives are based on the [Sentinel Lattice](https://github.com/syntrex-lab/sentinel-community/blob/main/docs/rnd/2026-02-25-sentinel-lattice-architecture.md) framework with mathematical guarantees. +All security primitives are based on the [Sentinel Lattice](docs/lattice.md) framework with mathematical guarantees. ## 📚 Learn More - 📚 [Full Documentation](docs/README.md) -- 🛡️ [Sentinel Lattice Specification](https://github.com/syntrex-lab/sentinel-community/blob/main/docs/rnd/2026-02-25-sentinel-lattice-architecture.md) +- 🛡️ [Sentinel Lattice Specification](docs/lattice.md) - 🔧 [MCP Tools Reference](docs/mcp-tools.md) - 🏢 [Enterprise Features](https://syntrex.pro) - 💬 [Discord Community](https://discord.gg/syntrex) diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md index 864f687..29b00a8 100644 --- a/docs/README.md +++ b/docs/README.md @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Welcome to the GoMCP documentation. GoMCP is the open-source, mathematically pro ## About Sentinel Lattice -GoMCP uses the Sentinel Lattice framework to enforce security primitives. For in-depth theoretical understanding, see the [Sentinel Lattice Architecture Specification](https://github.com/syntrex-lab/sentinel-community/blob/main/docs/rnd/2026-02-25-sentinel-lattice-architecture.md). +GoMCP uses the Sentinel Lattice framework to enforce security primitives. For in-depth theoretical understanding, see the [Sentinel Lattice Architecture Specification](lattice.md). diff --git a/docs/lattice.md b/docs/lattice.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..befe8e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/lattice.md @@ -0,0 +1,1430 @@ +# Sentinel Lattice: A Cross-Domain Defense Architecture for LLM Security + +> **Version:** 1.0.0 | **Date:** February 25, 2026 | **Status:** R&D Architecture Specification +> +> **Authors:** Sentinel Research Team +> +> **Classification:** Public (Open Source) + +--- + +## Executive Summary + +**Sentinel Lattice** is a novel multi-layer defense architecture for Large Language Model (LLM) security that achieves **~98.5% attack detection/containment** against a corpus of 250,000 simulated attacks across 15 categories — approaching the theoretical floor of ~1-2%. + +The architecture synthesizes **58 security paradigms from 19 scientific domains** (biology, nuclear safety, cryptography, control theory, formal linguistics, thermodynamics, game theory, and others) into a coherent defense stack. It introduces **7 novel security primitives**, 5 of which are genuinely new inventions with zero prior art (confirmed via 51 independent searches returning 0 existing implementations). + +### Key Numbers + +| Metric | Value | +|--------|-------| +| Attack simulation corpus | 250,000 attacks, 15 categories, 5 mutation types | +| Detection/containment rate | ~98.5% | +| Residual | ~1.5% (theoretical floor: ~1-2%) | +| Novel primitives invented | 7 (5 genuinely new, 2 adapted) | +| Paradigms analyzed | 58 from 19 domains | +| Prior art found | 0/51 searches | +| Potential tier-1 publications | 6 papers | +| Defense layers | 6 core + 3 combinatorial + 1 containment | + +### The Seven Primitives + +| # | Primitive | Acronym | Novelty | Solves | +|---|-----------|---------|---------|--------| +| 1 | Provenance-Annotated Semantic Reduction | **PASR** | NEW | L2/L5 architectural conflict | +| 2 | Capability-Attenuating Flow Labels | **CAFL** | NEW | Within-authority chaining | +| 3 | Goal Predictability Score | **GPS** | NEW | Predictive chain danger | +| 4 | Adversarial Argumentation Safety | **AAS** | NEW | Dual-use ambiguity | +| 5 | Intent Revelation Mechanisms | **IRM** | NEW | Semantic identity | +| 6 | Model-Irrelevance Containment Engine | **MIRE** | NEW | Model-level compromise | +| 7 | Temporal Safety Automata | **TSA** | ADAPTED | Tool chain safety | + +### Core Insight + +> Traditional LLM security treats defense as a classification problem: is this input safe or dangerous? +> +> Sentinel Lattice treats defense as an **architectural containment problem**: even if classification is provably impossible (Goldwasser-Kim 2022), can the architecture make compromise **irrelevant**? +> +> The answer is yes. Not through a silver bullet, but through systematic cross-domain synthesis — the same methodology that gave us AlphaFold (biology), GNoME (materials science), and GraphCast (weather). + +--- + +## Table of Contents + +1. [Executive Summary](#executive-summary) +2. [Problem Statement](#problem-statement) +3. [Threat Model](#threat-model) +4. [Architecture Overview](#architecture-overview) +5. [Layer L1: Sentinel Core](#layer-l1-sentinel-core) +6. [Layer L2: Capability Proxy + IFC](#layer-l2-capability-proxy--ifc) +7. [Layer L3: Behavioral EDR](#layer-l3-behavioral-edr) +8. [Primitive: PASR](#primitive-pasr) +9. [Primitive: TCSA](#primitive-tcsa) +10. [Primitive: ASRA](#primitive-asra) +11. [Primitive: MIRE](#primitive-mire) +12. [Combinatorial Layers](#combinatorial-layers) +13. [Simulation Results](#simulation-results) +14. [Competitive Analysis](#competitive-analysis) +15. [Publication Roadmap](#publication-roadmap) +16. [Implementation Roadmap](#implementation-roadmap) + +--- + +## Problem Statement + +### The LLM Security Gap + +Large Language Models deployed as autonomous agents create an attack surface that **no existing defense adequately addresses**: + +1. **Prompt injection is unsolved** — No production system reliably prevents instruction override +2. **Agentic attacks compound** — N tools = O(N!) possible attack chains +3. **Model integrity is unverifiable** — Goldwasser-Kim (2022) proves backdoor detection is mathematically impossible +4. **Semantic identity defeats classification** — Malicious and benign intent produce identical text +5. **Defense layers conflict** — Provenance tracking and semantic transduction are architecturally incompatible without novel primitives + +### What Exists Today (and Why It Fails) + +| Product | Approach | Failure Mode | +|---------|----------|-------------| +| Lakera Guard | ML classifier + crowdsourcing | Black box, reactive, bypassed by paraphrasing | +| Meta Prompt Guard | Fine-tuned mDeBERTa | 99.9% own data, 71.4% out-of-distribution | +| NeMo Guardrails | Colang DSL + LLM-as-judge | Circular: LLM checks itself | +| LLM Guard | 35 independent scanners | No cross-scanner intelligence | +| Arthur AI Shield | Classifier + dashboards | Nothing architecturally novel | + +**All competitors are stuck in content-level filtering.** None address structural defense, provenance integrity, model compromise, or within-authority chaining. + +--- + +## Threat Model + +### Adversary Capabilities (Kerckhoffs-Compliant) + +The adversary has **full knowledge** of the defense architecture. Knows all patterns, all mechanisms, all rules. Does NOT know ephemeral keys, current canary probes, activation baselines, or negative selection detector sets. + +### Attack Categories (15) + +```mermaid +pie title Attack Distribution (250K Simulation) + "Direct Injection" : 25000 + "Indirect Injection" : 25000 + "Multi-turn Crescendo" : 20000 + "Encoding/Obfuscation" : 20000 + "Role-play/Persona" : 20000 + "Tool Abuse/Agentic" : 20000 + "Data Exfiltration" : 15000 + "Social Engineering" : 15000 + "Semantic Equivalence" : 15000 + "Steganographic" : 12000 + "Model-Level Compromise" : 10000 + "Cross-boundary Trust" : 10000 + "Novel/Zero-day" : 13000 + "Multi-modal" : 10000 + "Adversarial ML" : 10000 +``` + +### Mutation Strategy + +Every base attack is tested with 5 mutation variants: + +| Mutation Type | Method | Detection Degradation | +|---------------|--------|:---------------------:| +| Lexical | Synonym substitution, paraphrasing | -8.7% | +| Structural | Reorder clauses, split across turns | -6.1% | +| Encoding | Switch/layer encoding schemes | -14.5% | +| Context | Change cover story, preserve payload | -12.3% | +| **Hybrid** | **Combine 2+ types** | **-18.2%** | + +### Impossibility Results + +Two proven impossibility results bound what ANY architecture can achieve: + +1. **Goldwasser-Kim (2022):** No polynomial-time algorithm distinguishes a backdoored model from a clean one using clean-data evaluation +2. **Semantic Identity (informal):** For any classifier C: request to {benign, malicious}, there exist requests where C must be wrong for at least one user class + +Sentinel Lattice operates effectively **within** these limits. + +--- + +## Architecture Overview + +### High-Level Diagram + +```mermaid +graph TB + subgraph INPUT["User Input"] + UI[Raw User Tokens] + end + + subgraph COMBO_GAMMA["COMBO GAMMA: Linguistic Firewall"] + IFD[Illocutionary Force Detection] + GVD[Gricean Violation Detection] + LI[Lateral Inhibition] + end + + subgraph L1["L1: Sentinel Core < 1ms"] + AHC[AhoCorasick Pre-filter] + RE[53 Regex Engines / 704 Patterns] + end + + subgraph PASR_BLOCK["PASR: Provenance-Annotated Semantic Reduction"] + L2["L2: IFC Taint Tags"] + L5["L5: Semantic Transduction / BBB"] + PLF["Provenance Lifting Functor"] + end + + subgraph TCSA_BLOCK["TCSA: Temporal-Capability Safety"] + TSA["TSA: Safety Automata O(1)"] + CAFL["CAFL: Capability Attenuation"] + GPS["GPS: Goal Predictability"] + end + + subgraph ASRA_BLOCK["ASRA: Ambiguity Resolution"] + AAS["AAS: Argumentation Safety"] + IRM["IRM: Intent Revelation"] + DCD["Deontic Conflict Detection"] + end + + subgraph L3["L3: Behavioral EDR async"] + AD[Anomaly Detection] + BP[Behavioral Profiling] + PED[Privilege Escalation Detection] + end + + subgraph COMBO_AB["COMBO ALPHA + BETA"] + CHOMSKY[Chomsky Hierarchy Separation] + LYAPUNOV[Lyapunov Stability] + BFT[BFT Model Consensus] + end + + subgraph MIRE_BLOCK["MIRE: Model-Irrelevance Containment"] + OE[Output Envelope Validator] + CP[Canary Probes] + SW[Spectral Watchdog] + AFD[Activation Divergence] + NS[Negative Selection Detectors] + CS[Capability Sandbox] + end + + subgraph MODEL["LLM"] + LLM[Language Model] + end + + subgraph OUTPUT["Safe Output"] + SO[Validated Response] + end + + UI --> COMBO_GAMMA --> L1 + L1 --> PASR_BLOCK + L2 --> PLF + L5 --> PLF + PLF --> TCSA_BLOCK + TCSA_BLOCK --> ASRA_BLOCK + ASRA_BLOCK --> L3 + L3 --> COMBO_AB + COMBO_AB --> LLM + LLM --> MIRE_BLOCK + MIRE_BLOCK --> SO +``` + +### Layer Summary + +| Layer | Name | Latency | Paradigm Source | Status | +|-------|------|---------|-----------------|--------| +| L1 | Sentinel Core | <1ms | Pattern matching | **Implemented** (704 patterns, 53 engines) | +| L2 | Capability Proxy + IFC | <10ms | Bell-LaPadula, Clark-Wilson | Designed | +| L3 | Behavioral EDR | ~50ms async | Endpoint Detection & Response | Designed | +| PASR | Provenance-Annotated Semantic Reduction | +1-2ms | **Novel invention** | Designed | +| TCSA | Temporal-Capability Safety | O(1)/call | Runtime verification + **Novel** | Designed | +| ASRA | Ambiguity Surface Resolution | Variable | Mechanism design + **Novel** | Designed | +| MIRE | Model-Irrelevance Containment | ~0-5ms | **Novel paradigm shift** | Designed | +| Alpha | Impossibility Proof Stack | <1ms | Chomsky + Shannon + Landauer | Designed | +| Beta | Stability + Consensus | 500ms-2s | Lyapunov + BFT + LTP | Designed | +| Gamma | Linguistic Firewall | 20-100ms | Austin + Searle + Grice | Designed | + +--- + +## Layer L1: Sentinel Core + +### Overview + +The first line of defense. A swarm of 53 deterministic micro-engines written in Rust, each targeting a specific attack class. Uses AhoCorasick pre-filtering for O(n) text scanning, followed by compiled regex pattern matching. + +**Performance:** <1ms per scan. **Zero ML dependency.** Deterministic, auditable, reproducible. + +### Architecture + +```mermaid +graph LR + subgraph INPUT + TEXT[Input Text] + end + + subgraph NORMALIZE + UN[Unicode Normalization] + end + + subgraph PREFILTER["AhoCorasick Pre-filter"] + HINTS[Keyword Hints] + end + + subgraph ENGINES["53 Pattern Engines"] + E1[injection.rs] + E2[jailbreak.rs] + E3[evasion.rs] + E4[exfiltration.rs] + E5[tool_shadowing.rs] + E6[dormant_payload.rs] + EN[... 47 more] + end + + subgraph RESULT + MR["Vec of MatchResult"] + end + + TEXT --> UN --> HINTS + HINTS -->|"Keywords found"| E1 & E2 & E3 & E4 & E5 & E6 & EN + HINTS -->|"No keywords"| SKIP[Skip - 0ms] + E1 & E2 & E3 & E4 & E5 & E6 & EN --> MR +``` + +### Key Metrics + +| Metric | Value | +|--------|-------| +| Engines | 53 | +| Regex patterns | 704 | +| Tests | 887 (0 failures) | +| AhoCorasick hint sets | 59 | +| Const pattern arrays | 88 | +| Avg latency | <1ms | +| Coverage (250K sim) | 36.0% of all attacks caught at L1 | + +### Engine Categories + +| Category | Engines | Patterns | Covers | +|----------|:-------:|:--------:|--------| +| Injection & Jailbreak | 6 | ~150 | Direct/indirect PI, role-play, DAN | +| Evasion & Encoding | 4 | ~80 | Unicode, Base64, ANSI, zero-width | +| Agentic & Tool Abuse | 5 | ~90 | MCP, tool shadowing, chain attacks | +| Data Protection | 4 | ~70 | PII, exfiltration, credential leaks | +| Social & Cognitive | 4 | ~60 | Authority, urgency, emotional manipulation | +| Supply Chain | 3 | ~50 | Package spoofing, upstream drift | +| Code & Runtime | 4 | ~65 | Sandbox escape, SSRF, resource abuse | +| Advanced Threats | 6 | ~80 | Dormant payloads, crescendo, memory integrity | +| Output & Cross-tool | 3 | ~50 | Output manipulation, dangerous chains | +| Domain-specific | 14 | ~109 | Math, cognitive, semantic, behavioral | + +### Implementation Reference + +```rust +// Engine trait (sentinel-core/src/engines/traits.rs) +pub trait PatternMatcher { + fn scan(&self, text: &str) -> Vec; + fn name(&self) -> &'static str; + fn category(&self) -> &'static str; +} + +// Typical engine pattern (AhoCorasick + Regex) +static HINTS: Lazy = Lazy::new(|| { + AhoCorasick::new(&["ignore", "bypass", "override", ...]).unwrap() +}); + +static PATTERNS: Lazy> = Lazy::new(|| vec![ + Regex::new(r"(?i)ignore\s+(all\s+)?(previous|prior|above)\s+instructions").unwrap(), + // ... 700+ more patterns +]); +``` + +--- + +## Layer L2: Capability Proxy + IFC + +### Overview + +The structural defense layer. Instead of trying to detect attacks in content, L2 **architecturally constrains** what the LLM can do. The model never sees real tools — only virtual proxies with baked-in constraints. + +**Paradigm sources:** Bell-LaPadula (1973), Clark-Wilson (1987), Capability-based security (Dennis & Van Horn 1966). + +### Core Mechanisms + +```mermaid +graph TB + subgraph L2["L2: Capability Proxy + IFC"] + direction TB + + subgraph PROXY["Virtual Tool Proxy"] + VT1["virtual_file_read()"] + VT2["virtual_email_send()"] + VT3["virtual_db_query()"] + end + + subgraph IFC["Information Flow Control"] + LABELS["Security Labels"] + LATTICE["Lattice Rules"] + TAINT["Taint Propagation"] + end + + subgraph NEVER["NEVER Lists"] + NF["Forbidden Paths"] + NC["Forbidden Commands"] + NP["Forbidden Patterns"] + end + + subgraph PROV["Provenance Tags"] + OP["OPERATOR"] + US["USER"] + RT["RETRIEVED"] + TL["TOOL"] + end + end + + LLM[LLM] --> VT1 & VT2 & VT3 + VT1 & VT2 & VT3 --> IFC + IFC --> NEVER + NEVER -->|"Pass"| REAL["Real Tool Execution"] + NEVER -->|"Block"| DENY["Deny + Log"] +``` + +### Security Labels (Lattice) + +``` +TOP_SECRET ────── highest + │ + SECRET + │ + INTERNAL + │ + PUBLIC ─────── lowest + +Rule: Data flows UP only, never down. +SECRET data cannot reach PUBLIC output channels. +``` + +### Provenance Tags + +Every piece of context gets an unforgeable provenance tag: + +| Tag | Source | Trust Level | Can Issue Tool Calls? | +|-----|--------|:-----------:|:---------------------:| +| `OPERATOR` | System prompt, developer config | HIGH | Yes | +| `USER` | Direct user input | LOW | Limited | +| `RETRIEVED` | RAG documents, web results | NONE | **No** | +| `TOOL` | Tool outputs, API responses | MEDIUM | Conditional | + +**Key rule:** `RETRIEVED` content CANNOT request tool calls — structurally impossible. This blocks indirect injection via RAG. + +### NEVER Lists + +Certain operations are **physically inaccessible** — not filtered, not blocked, but architecturally non-existent: + +``` +NEVER_READ: ["/etc/shadow", "~/.ssh/*", "*.env", "credentials.*"] +NEVER_EXEC: ["rm -rf", "curl | bash", "eval()", "exec()"] +NEVER_SEND: ["*.internal.corp", "metadata.google.internal"] +``` + +### Key Metrics + +| Metric | Value | +|--------|-------| +| Coverage (250K sim) | 20.3% of attacks caught at L2 | +| Latency | <10ms | +| False positive rate | ~1.5% | + +--- + +## Layer L3: Behavioral EDR + +### Overview + +Endpoint Detection and Response for LLM agents. Monitors behavioral patterns asynchronously — does not block the main inference path but raises alerts and can trigger intervention. + +**Paradigm sources:** CrowdStrike/SentinelOne EDR (adapted from endpoint security to LLM agents). + +### Detection Capabilities + +```mermaid +graph LR + subgraph L3["L3: Behavioral EDR"] + direction TB + AD["Tool Call Sequence\nAnomaly Detection"] + BP["Session Behavioral\nProfiling"] + PED["Privilege Escalation\nDetection"] + TD["Output Topic\nDrift Monitoring"] + CSC["Cross-Session\nCorrelation"] + end + + STREAM["Tool Call Stream"] --> AD + STREAM --> BP + STREAM --> PED + OUTPUT["LLM Output Stream"] --> TD + HISTORY["Session History DB"] --> CSC + + AD --> ALERT["Alert / Intervene"] + BP --> ALERT + PED --> ALERT + TD --> ALERT + CSC --> ALERT +``` + +### Behavioral Signals + +| Signal | Method | Catches | +|--------|--------|---------| +| Tool call frequency spike | Statistical process control (CUSUM) | Resource exhaustion, brute-force | +| Unusual tool combinations | Markov chain transition probabilities | Novel attack chains | +| Privilege level changes | State machine monitoring | Escalation attempts | +| Output topic drift | Embedding cosine similarity | Gradual manipulation | +| Cross-session patterns | Differential privacy aggregation | Multi-session accumulation | + +### Lyapunov Stability Integration + +L3 maintains a **Lyapunov function V(s)** over conversation state: + +``` +V(s) = w1*topic_drift + w2*privilege_level + w3*tool_diversity + w4*data_sensitivity + +Safety invariant: dV/ds <= 0 for all transitions +If dV/ds > 0: conversation is moving AWAY from safety → alert + +This makes crescendo attacks mathematically detectable: +each escalation step INCREASES V(s), violating the invariant. +``` + +### Key Metrics + +| Metric | Value | +|--------|-------| +| Coverage (250K sim) | 10.9% of attacks caught at L3 | +| Latency | ~50ms (async, off critical path) | +| False positive rate | ~2.0% | + +--- + +## Primitive: PASR + +### Provenance-Annotated Semantic Reduction + +> **Novelty:** GENUINELY NEW — confirmed 0/27 prior art searches across 15 scientific domains. +> +> **Problem solved:** L2 (IFC taint tags) and L5 (Semantic Transduction / BBB) are architecturally incompatible. L5 destroys tokens; L2's tags die with them. +> +> **Core insight:** Provenance is not a property of tokens — it is a property of derivations. The trusted transducer READS tags from input and WRITES certificates onto output semantic fields. + +### The Conflict (Before PASR) + +```mermaid +graph LR + subgraph BEFORE["BEFORE: Architectural Conflict"] + T1["(ignore, USER)"] --> L5_OLD["L5: Destroy Tokens\nExtract Semantics"] + T2["(read, USER)"] --> L5_OLD + T3["(/etc/passwd, USER)"] --> L5_OLD + L5_OLD --> SI["Semantic Intent:\n{action: file_read}"] + L5_OLD -.->|"TAGS LOST"| DEAD["Provenance = NULL"] + end +``` + +### The Solution (With PASR) + +```mermaid +graph LR + subgraph AFTER["AFTER: PASR Two-Channel Output"] + T1["(ignore, USER)"] --> L5_PASR["L5+PASR:\nAttributed Semantic\nExtraction"] + T2["(read, USER)"] --> L5_PASR + T3["(/etc/passwd, USER)"] --> L5_PASR + + L5_PASR --> CH1["Channel 1:\nSemantic Intent\n{action: file_read}"] + L5_PASR --> CH2["Channel 2:\nProvenance Certificate\n{action: USER, target: USER}\nHMAC-signed"] + end +``` + +### How It Works + +``` +Step 1: L5 receives TAGGED tokens from L2 + [("ignore", USER), ("previous", USER), ("instructions", USER), ...] + +Step 2: L5 extracts semantic intent (content channel — lossy) + {action: "file_read", target: "/etc/passwd", meta: "override_previous"} + +Step 3: L5 records which tagged inputs contributed to which fields (NEW) + provenance_map: { + action: {source: USER, trust: LOW}, + target: {source: USER, trust: LOW}, + meta: {source: USER, trust: LOW} + } + +Step 4: L5 signs the provenance map (NEW) + certificate: HMAC-SHA256(transducer_secret, canonical(provenance_map)) + +Step 5: L5 detects claims-vs-actual discrepancy (NEW) + content claims OPERATOR authority → actual source is USER → INJECTION SIGNAL +``` + +### Mathematical Framework: Provenance Lifting Functor + +``` +Category C (L2 output space): + Objects: Tagged token sequences [(t1,p1), (t2,p2), ..., (tn,pn)] + where ti in Tokens, pi in {OPERATOR, USER, RETRIEVED, TOOL} + +Category D (PASR output space): + Objects: Provenance-annotated semantic structures (S, P) + where S = semantic intent with fields {f1, f2, ..., fm} + and P: Fields(S) -> PowerSet(Provenance) + +Functor L: C -> D + Properties: + - Content-lossy: different inputs can map to same intent + - Provenance-faithful: P(fj) = Union{pi : ti contributed to fj} + - Monotone in trust: min(contributing trusts) -> field trust + - Unforgeable: HMAC-signed by trusted transducer +``` + +This is a **fibration** in the categorical sense: the projection forgetting provenance has a lifting property. + +### Biological Analogy: Epigenetic Reader-Writer + +RNA polymerase doesn't preserve DNA methylation by copying methyl groups. It **reads** epigenetic marks on source DNA and **writes** corresponding marks on output RNA in RNA's native format. The **machinery** carries authority, not the data. + +PASR does the same: L5 reads L2 tags, writes provenance certificates in the semantic structure's native format. + +### Synthesis (Why This Is New) + +| Source Field | What It Contributes | What It Misses | +|---|---|---| +| DB Provenance Semirings | Granularity of tracking | Only structure-preserving transforms | +| Sufficient Statistics | Lossy compression with preservation | No unforgeability | +| Epigenetic Inheritance | Trusted machinery carries metadata | No adversarial model | +| IFC Taint Tracking | Per-datum security labels | Doesn't survive re-synthesis | +| Cryptographic Attestation | Unforgeability via signing | Wrong granularity | +| **PASR** | **All of the above, combined** | **Novel primitive** | + +### Key Metrics (Post-PASR Simulation) + +| Metric | Before PASR | After PASR | Delta | +|--------|:-----------:|:----------:|:-----:| +| Overall detection | 93.7% | 95.7% | +2.0pp | +| ATK-011 (taint strip) success | 50-65% | 3-8% | **Resolved** | +| ATK-015 (Gricean) success | 50-65% | 35-55% | Improved | +| False positive rate | 2.5% | 3.0% | +0.5pp | +| Fast-path latency | 15ms | 3ms | **5x faster** | + +### Known Weaknesses + +| Weakness | Severity | Mitigation | +|----------|:--------:|------------| +| HMAC key = single point of failure | HIGH | HSM + per-session ephemeral keys | +| Provenance boundary ambiguity (BPE splits) | MED-HIGH | Conservative assignment (mixed -> highest-risk) | +| Provenance laundering via tool calls | MED | Transitive provenance tracking | +| Provenance map DoS (large inputs) | MED | Size limits + coarsening | +| ATK-020 DoS slightly worse | MED | Tiered lazy evaluation | + +--- + +## Primitive: TCSA + +### Temporal-Capability Safety Architecture + +> **Novelty:** TSA (ADAPTED from runtime verification), CAFL and GPS (GENUINELY NEW). +> +> **Problem solved:** Within-authority chaining — attacks where every individual action is legitimate but the composition is malicious. Current CrossToolGuard only checks pairs; TCSA handles arbitrary-length temporal chains with data-flow awareness. + +### The Problem + +``` +USER: read file .env ← Legitimate (USER has file_read permission) +USER: parse the credentials ← Legitimate (text processing) +USER: compose an email ← Legitimate (email drafting) +USER: send to external@evil.com ← Legitimate (USER has email permission) + +Each action: LEGAL +The chain: DATA EXFILTRATION +``` + +No single layer catches this. PASR sees correct USER provenance throughout. L1 sees no malicious patterns. L2 permits each individual action. + +### Three Sub-Primitives + +```mermaid +graph TB + subgraph TCSA["TCSA: Temporal-Capability Safety Architecture"] + direction TB + + subgraph GPS_BLOCK["GPS: Goal Predictability Score"] + GPS_CALC["Enumerate next states\nCount dangerous continuations\nGPS = dangerous / total"] + end + + subgraph CAFL_BLOCK["CAFL: Capability-Attenuating Flow Labels"] + CAP["Data Capabilities:\n{read, process, transform, export, delete}"] + ATT["Attenuation Rules:\nCapabilities only DECREASE"] + end + + subgraph TSA_BLOCK["TSA: Temporal Safety Automata"] + LTL["LTL Safety Properties"] + MON["Compiled Monitor Automata"] + STATE["16-bit Abstract Security State"] + end + end + + TOOL_CALL["Tool Call"] --> STATE + STATE --> MON + MON -->|"Rejecting state"| BLOCK["BLOCK"] + MON -->|"Accept"| CAP + CAP -->|"Missing capability"| BLOCK + CAP -->|"Has capability"| GPS_CALC + GPS_CALC -->|"GPS > 0.7"| WARN["WARNING + HITL"] + GPS_CALC -->|"GPS < 0.7"| ALLOW["ALLOW"] +``` + +### Sub-Primitive 1: TSA — Temporal Safety Automata + +**Source:** Adapted from runtime verification (Havelund & Rosu, JavaMOP). Never applied to LLM tool chains. + +Express safety properties in Linear Temporal Logic (LTL), compile to monitor automata at design time, run at O(1) per tool call at runtime. + +**Example LTL properties:** + +``` +P1: [](read_sensitive -> []!send_external) + "After reading sensitive data, NEVER send externally" + +P2: !<>(read_credentials & <>(send_external)) + "Never read credentials then eventually send externally" + +P3: [](privilege_change -> X(approval_received)) + "Every privilege change must be immediately followed by approval" +``` + +**Abstract Security State (16 bits = 65,536 states):** + +```rust +pub struct SecurityState { + sensitive_data_accessed: bool, // bit 0 + credentials_accessed: bool, // bit 1 + external_channel_opened: bool, // bit 2 + outbound_contains_tainted: bool, // bit 3 + privilege_level_changed: bool, // bit 4 + approval_received: bool, // bit 5 + data_minimization_applied: bool, // bit 6 + audit_logged: bool, // bit 7 + pii_accessed: bool, // bit 8 + config_modified: bool, // bit 9 + network_accessed: bool, // bit 10 + filesystem_written: bool, // bit 11 + code_executed: bool, // bit 12 + user_impersonated: bool, // bit 13 + session_exported: bool, // bit 14 + reserved: bool, // bit 15 +} +``` + +**Runtime cost:** O(1) per tool call — just update current state and check each monitor automaton. + +### Sub-Primitive 2: CAFL — Capability-Attenuating Flow Labels + +**Novelty:** GENUINELY NEW. Existing IFC assumes deterministic programs; CAFL assumes the LLM can perform ANY information transformation (worst-case taint propagation). + +Every data object carries capability labels. Capabilities only DECREASE through the chain: + +``` +file_read(.env) -> output: {process, display} (NO {export}) +file_read(public.md) -> output: {process, display, export} +email_send() -> requires input: {export} + +Chain: .env -> LLM -> email = BLOCKED (missing {export}) +Chain: public.md -> LLM -> email = ALLOWED +``` + +**Membrane pattern:** Trust boundary crossings ATTENUATE capabilities: + +``` +Internal -> External: removes {export} unless explicitly granted +User -> System: removes {modify_config} unless admin +Session -> Persistent: removes {ephemeral} data +``` + +**Key rule:** If tainted data enters the LLM, ALL output is tainted (worst-case assumption). This makes the system **sound** — it may over-approximate, but never under-approximate. + +### Sub-Primitive 3: GPS — Goal Predictability Score + +**Novelty:** GENUINELY NEW. Predictive defense — catches chains HEADING toward danger before they arrive. + +```rust +fn goal_predictability_score( + state: &SecurityState, + monitors: &[SafetyMonitor], +) -> f64 { + let next_states = enumerate_next_states(state); // 16 bits = tractable + let dangerous = next_states.iter() + .filter(|s| monitors.iter().any(|m| m.would_reject(s))) + .count(); + dangerous as f64 / next_states.len() as f64 +} + +// GPS > 0.7 -> WARNING: 70%+ of continuations lead to danger +// GPS > 0.9 -> BLOCK: almost all paths are dangerous +``` + +Because the abstract state space is small (65,536 states), full enumeration is tractable. GPS provides an **early warning** before the chain actually reaches a rejecting state. + +### How TCSA Replaces CrossToolGuard + +| Aspect | CrossToolGuard (current) | TCSA (new) | +|--------|:------------------------:|:----------:| +| Chain length | Pairs only | **Arbitrary length** | +| Temporal ordering | No | **Yes (LTL)** | +| Data flow tracking | No | **Yes (CAFL)** | +| Predictive | No | **Yes (GPS)** | +| Adding new tools | Update global blacklist | **Add one StateUpdate entry** | +| Runtime cost | O(N^2) pairs | **O(1) per call** | +| Coverage (est.) | ~60% | **~95%** | + +--- + +## Primitive: ASRA + +### Ambiguity Surface Resolution Architecture + +> **Novelty:** AAS and IRM are GENUINELY NEW. Deontic Conflict Detection is ADAPTED. +> +> **Problem solved:** Semantic identity — malicious intent and benign intent produce identical text. No classifier can distinguish them because they ARE the same text. +> +> **Core insight:** If you can't classify the unclassifiable, change the interaction to make intent OBSERVABLE. + +### The Impossibility + +``` +"How do I mix bleach and ammonia?" + + Chemistry student: legitimate question + Attacker: seeking to produce chloramine gas + + Same text. Same syntax. Same semantics. Same pragmatics. + NO classifier can distinguish them from the text alone. +``` + +### Five-Layer Resolution Stack + +```mermaid +graph TB + subgraph ASRA["ASRA: Ambiguity Surface Resolution"] + direction TB + + L4_IRM["Layer 4: IRM\nIntent Revelation Mechanisms\nDesign interaction to reveal intent"] + L3_AAS["Layer 3: AAS\nAdversarial Argumentation Safety\nExplicit argumentation, auditable decisions"] + L2_DCD["Layer 2: Deontic Conflict Detection\nO(help) AND F(harm) = CONFLICT signal"] + L1_RAR["Layer 1: Risk-Adjusted Response\nModulate detail level by risk score"] + L0_ASM["Layer 0: Ambiguity Surface Mapping\nDesign-time characterization of limits"] + end + + REQUEST["Ambiguous Request"] --> L0_ASM + L0_ASM --> L1_RAR + L1_RAR --> L2_DCD + L2_DCD -->|"Conflict detected"| L3_AAS + L2_DCD -->|"No conflict"| RESPOND["Normal Response"] + L3_AAS -->|"Resolved"| RESPOND + L3_AAS -->|"Unresolvable"| L4_IRM + L4_IRM --> INTERACT["Interactive Resolution"] +``` + +### Sub-Primitive: AAS — Adversarial Argumentation Safety + +**Novelty:** GENUINELY NEW. Dung (1995) grounded semantics applied to content safety. Never done before for LLM safety. + +For each ambiguous request, construct an explicit argumentation framework: + +``` +PRO-LEGITIMATE arguments: + A1: "Chemical safety knowledge is publicly available" + A2: "Understanding reactions prevents accidental exposure" + A3: "This is standard chemistry curriculum content" + +PRO-MALICIOUS arguments: + B1: "This combination produces toxic chloramine gas" + B2: "Request asks for procedures, not just theory" + B3: "No professional context stated" + +ATTACK RELATIONS: + A1 attacks B3 (public availability undermines "no justification") + B2 attacks A3 (procedures != curriculum theory) + +CONTEXT-DEPENDENT ATTACKS: + user=teacher -> attacks B3 -> legitimate wins + user=anonymous -> attacks A2 -> restrict wins +``` + +**Key advantage:** Auditability. Every decision shows WHY it was made — critical for EU AI Act compliance. + +### Sub-Primitive: IRM — Intent Revelation Mechanisms + +**Novelty:** GENUINELY NEW. Mechanism design (economics) applied to LLM safety. The only primitive that addresses the fundamental impossibility. + +**Mechanism 1: Screening (self-selection)** + +Offer multiple response formats. Legitimate and malicious users have different preferences: + +``` +Option A: "Educational overview with safety context" + -> Low risk, includes safety warnings and references + +Option B: "Detailed technical explanation" + -> Medium risk, requires stating professional context + +Option C: "Laboratory protocol with procedures" + -> High risk, requires institutional verification +``` + +Legitimate users select the format matching their actual need. Attackers want actionable instructions without safety context — their selection REVEALS intent. + +**Mechanism 2: Costly Signaling** + +Require context that is easy for legitimate users (because TRUE) but costly for attackers (must FABRICATE): + +``` +"To provide detailed information, I'd like to understand: + 1. What is your specific use case? + 2. What do you already know about this topic? + 3. What specific aspect do you need help with?" +``` + +A chemistry teacher answers effortlessly. An attacker must invent a plausible story — which takes effort, creates analyzable text, and commits them to a constraining narrative. + +**Mechanism 3: Sequential Revelation** + +Provide information incrementally. Observe behavior at each step: + +``` +Step 1: Provide general theory -> Does user ask for more specifics? +Step 2: Provide safety warnings -> Does user acknowledge safety? +Step 3: Provide specific details -> Does behavior match stated intent? +``` + +This creates a dynamic game where choices at each step reveal intent. + +### Coverage Estimate + +``` +Before ASRA: Semantic identity residual = 19.6% +After ASRA: ~70% reduction -> ~6% residual +Remaining 6% = true irreducible ambiguity -> human escalation +``` + +--- + +## Primitive: MIRE + +### Model-Irrelevance Containment Engine + +> **Novelty:** GENUINELY NEW paradigm shift. +> +> **Problem solved:** Model-level compromise (backdoored weights, trojan activations, poisoned training data). The model itself IS the adversary. +> +> **Core insight:** Goldwasser-Kim (2022) proves backdoor detection is mathematically impossible. Therefore: don't detect — **contain**. Make the backdoor irrelevant even if undetected. + +### The Impossibility + +``` +Goldwasser-Kim (2022): + No polynomial-time algorithm can distinguish a properly + constructed backdoored model from a clean model using + only clean-data evaluation. + +Consequence: + Detection has a FUNDAMENTAL ceiling. + No amount of engineering overcomes a mathematical proof. + +New question: + NOT "how to detect the backdoor?" + BUT "how to make the backdoor IRRELEVANT?" +``` + +### Six Containment Mechanisms + +```mermaid +graph TB + subgraph MIRE["MIRE: Model-Irrelevance Containment"] + direction TB + + M1["M1: Output Envelope\nDeterministic Rust validator\nSchema + capability + policy check"] + M2["M2: Canary Probes\n50 known-answer probes\nAsync, rotated per 1000 requests\nCUSUM statistical test"] + M3["M3: Spectral Watchdog\nRMT weight analysis\nMarchenko-Pastur distribution\nTracy-Widom threshold"] + M4["M4: Activation Divergence\n1% request sampling\nCosine similarity vs baseline\nDetects drift and replacement"] + M5["M5: Negative Selection\nRandom activation detectors\nDelete matches to clean behavior\nRemaining = anomaly detectors"] + M6["M6: Capability Sandbox\nArchitectural containment\nNo direct tool access\nPASR + TSA + GPS enforce"] + end + + LLM_OUT["LLM Output"] --> M1 + M1 -->|"Fail"| BLOCK["BLOCK"] + M1 -->|"Pass"| SAFE["Safe Output"] + + ASYNC["Async Monitoring"] --> M2 & M3 & M4 & M5 + M2 -->|"Drift detected"| ALERT["ALERT + Quarantine"] + M3 -->|"Spectral anomaly"| ALERT + M4 -->|"Activation divergence"| ALERT + M5 -->|"Non-self detected"| ALERT + + ARCH["Architecture"] --> M6 + M6 -->|"Limits damage"| CONTAINED["Backdoor contained"] +``` + +### M1: Output Envelope Validator + +A **deterministic Rust validator** (not ML) that checks every LLM output: + +```rust +pub struct OutputEnvelope { + schema_validator: SchemaChecker, // Response matches expected format + capability_checker: CapabilityGate, // Response doesn't exceed granted capabilities + policy_engine: PolicyVerifier, // PASR provenance + TSA state compliance + content_filter: ContentBoundary, // No forbidden content patterns +} + +impl OutputEnvelope { + pub fn validate(&self, output: &LlmOutput, context: &SecurityContext) -> Verdict { + // All checks are deterministic, auditable, <1ms + self.schema_validator.check(output)?; + self.capability_checker.check(output, context)?; + self.policy_engine.check(output, context)?; + self.content_filter.check(output)?; + Ok(Verdict::Allow) + } +} +``` + +**Key property:** The backdoor can generate anything — the validator catches it on the OUTPUT side. The validator is simple, formally verifiable code — unlike the model itself. + +### M2: Canary Probes + +``` +50 canary input-output pairs, covering: + - Factual accuracy (does 2+2 still equal 4?) + - Safety compliance (does model still refuse harmful requests?) + - Instruction following (does model follow format instructions?) + - Refusal behavior (does model refuse when it should?) + +Rotation: new canary set every 1000 requests +Detection: CUSUM (cumulative sum) statistical test + H0: model behavior is consistent with baseline + H1: model behavior has drifted + Alert threshold: configurable (default: 3 sigma) + +Latency impact: 0ms on user path (canaries are async background probes) +``` + +### M3: Spectral Watchdog + +First-ever application of Random Matrix Theory to model security: + +``` +At model load time + periodically: + 1. Sample weight matrices from key layers (attention, FFN) + 2. Compute eigenvalue spectrum via SVD + 3. Fit Marchenko-Pastur distribution (expected for clean weights) + 4. Check for eigenvalues exceeding Tracy-Widom threshold + 5. Anomalous eigenvalues = potential trojan structure + +Based on: WeightWatcher (Martin & Mahoney 2021) +Applied to: security (FIRST EVER) +``` + +### M4: Activation Divergence + +``` +On 1% of requests (sampled): + 1. Capture activation fingerprint (selected layer outputs) + 2. Compare with deployment baseline via cosine similarity + 3. Similarity < threshold = anomaly alert + 4. Catches: weight replacement, fine-tuning attacks, gradual drift + +Latency: ~5ms on sampled requests, 0ms on others +``` + +### M5: Negative Selection Detectors + +Inspired by biological T-cell negative selection in the thymus: + +``` +Setup phase: + 1. Generate N random activation pattern detectors + 2. Run clean model on representative inputs + 3. DELETE detectors that match clean activation patterns + 4. Remaining detectors match ONLY anomalous patterns + +Runtime: + On sampled requests, run surviving detectors against activations + Match = anomalous behavior detected + +Key advantage: Don't need to know WHAT the trojan looks like. + Only need to know what CLEAN looks like. +``` + +### M6: Capability Sandbox (Architectural Containment) + +Even if M1-M5 all miss the backdoor: + +``` +The model CANNOT: + - Access tools directly (L2 Capability Proxy intercepts) + - See raw user data (L5 PASR transduction) + - Issue actions without TSA approval + - Exceed CAFL capability labels + - Escape GPS trajectory monitoring + +The backdoor can "want" to cause harm. +The ARCHITECTURE doesn't give it the MEANS. +``` + +### Defense-in-Depth Against the Model + +``` +Backdoor activates + | + +-> M1 Output Envelope: response fails validation -> BLOCKED + | + +-> M2 Canary Probes: canary answer deviates -> ALERT + | + +-> M4 Activation Divergence: fingerprint anomaly -> ALERT + | + +-> M5 Negative Selection: anomalous pattern -> ALERT + | + +-> M6 Capability Sandbox: even if all above pass -> + L2 Proxy: no direct tool access + PASR: provenance = MODEL, trust = LOW + TSA: action blocked by safety automaton + GPS: trajectory flagged as dangerous + + Backdoor ACTIVATED but ACHIEVED NOTHING. +``` + +### MIRE vs BFT Consensus + +| Aspect | BFT Consensus | MIRE | +|--------|:-------------:|:----:| +| Cost | 3-5x (3+ models) | **~1.02x** | +| Latency | +500ms-2s | **+0-5ms** | +| Model compromise | ~50% detection | **~95% containment** | +| Same-architecture backdoor | Fails | **Works** | +| Paradigm | Detect compromise | **Contain damage** | + +--- + +## Combinatorial Layers + +### COMBO ALPHA: Impossibility Proof Stack + +Three paradigms that together prove certain attacks are **categorically impossible**: + +| Component | Source | Function | +|-----------|--------|----------| +| Chomsky Hierarchy Separation | Formal Linguistics | User input restricted to CF grammar; CS injection syntactically impossible | +| Shannon Channel Capacity | Information Theory | Channel narrowed below minimum attack payload (~50-100 bits) | +| Landauer's Principle | Thermodynamics | Cost of erasing safety training exceeds attacker's computational budget | + +**Combined effect:** Not "we didn't find the attack" — "the attack CANNOT exist." + +**Caveat from red team:** Landauer bound is largely decorative (ATK-014, 80-90% attacker success). The thermodynamic cost of bit erasure is orthogonal to semantic danger. Chomsky and Shannon components are the load-bearing elements. + +### COMBO BETA: Stability + Consensus + +| Component | Source | Function | +|-----------|--------|----------| +| Lyapunov Stability | Control Theory | V(s) over conversation state; dV/ds <= 0 enforced; trajectory provably safe | +| BFT Model Consensus | Distributed Systems | N >= 3f+1 diverse models; consensus on safety | +| LTP Gating | Neuroscience | Dangerous capabilities require sustained validated activation over T turns | + +**Combined effect:** Catch-22 for attackers — LTP requires sustained signal, Lyapunov detects sustained deviation. Crescendo attacks are mathematically trapped. + +### COMBO GAMMA: Linguistic Firewall + +| Component | Source | Function | +|-----------|--------|----------| +| Illocutionary Force Detection | Austin/Searle (Speech Act Theory) | Detects COMMAND(override) hidden in any prompt | +| Lateral Inhibition | Neuroscience | Competing interpretations suppress adversarial readings | +| Gricean Violation Detection | Grice (Pragmatics) | Screens for cooperative principle violations | + +**Combined effect:** Works at the PRAGMATIC level — no pattern matcher can do this. Catches attacks regardless of encoding, obfuscation, or language. + +--- + +## Simulation Results + +### Evolution of Defense + +```mermaid +graph LR + S1["100K Sim\nL1-L3 only\n81.6% detection"] --> S2["250K Sim\nFull Lattice\n93.7% detection"] + S2 --> S3["+PASR\n95.7%"] + S3 --> S4["+TCSA\n~96.5%"] + S4 --> S5["+ASRA\n~97.8%"] + S5 --> S6["+MIRE\n~98.5%"] + S6 --> FLOOR["Theoretical Floor\n~98-99%"] +``` + +### Detection Cascade (Full Architecture) + +``` +250,000 attacks enter the system + | + +-- L1 Sentinel Core -------- catches 89,910 (36.0%) + | Remaining: 160,090 + | + +-- L2 Capability Proxy ----- catches 50,849 (20.3%) + | Remaining: 109,241 + | + +-- L3 Behavioral EDR ------- catches 27,151 (10.9%) + | Remaining: 82,090 + | + +-- PASR (provenance) ------- catches 4,983 ( 2.0%) + | Remaining: 77,107 + | + +-- TCSA (temporal/cap) ----- catches 2,000 ( 0.8%) + | Remaining: 75,107 + | + +-- ASRA (ambiguity) -------- catches 3,250 ( 1.3%) + | Remaining: 71,857 + | + +-- Combos (A+B+G) ---------- catches 15,198 ( 6.1%) + | Remaining: 56,659 + | + +-- MIRE (containment) ------ contains 1,750 ( 0.7%) + | Remaining: ~3,750 + | + RESIDUAL: ~3,750 (~1.5%) +``` + +### Per-Category Detection Rates + +| Category | Attacks | Detection | Residual | +|----------|:-------:|:---------:|:--------:| +| Direct Injection | 25,000 | >99.99% | ~2 | +| Indirect Injection | 25,000 | >99.97% | ~6 | +| Encoding/Obfuscation | 20,000 | 99.8% | ~36 | +| Role-play/Persona | 20,000 | 99.9% | ~20 | +| Tool Abuse | 20,000 | 99.9% | ~13 | +| Data Exfiltration | 15,000 | 99.9% | ~14 | +| Cross-boundary Trust | 10,000 | 99.5% | ~53 | +| Multi-turn Crescendo | 20,000 | 99.3% | ~134 | +| Adversarial ML | 10,000 | 96.8% | ~324 | +| Steganographic | 12,000 | 96.7% | ~398 | +| Novel/Zero-day | 13,000 | 96.2% | ~498 | +| Social Engineering | 15,000 | 98.2% | ~263 | +| Semantic Equivalence | 15,000 | 96.5% | ~525 | +| Multi-modal | 10,000 | 94.0% | ~600 | +| Model-Level Compromise | 10,000 | 91.5% | ~850 | + +### Residual Analysis (~3,750 attacks) + +```mermaid +pie title Residual Root Causes + "Model-Level (contained)" : 850 + "Multi-modal gaps" : 600 + "Semantic Equivalence" : 525 + "Novel/Zero-day" : 498 + "Steganographic" : 398 + "Adversarial ML" : 324 + "Other" : 555 +``` + +### Three Irreducible Residual Classes + +| Class | % of Residual | Why Irreducible | +|-------|:-------------:|-----------------| +| Semantic Identity | ~35% | Malicious intent = benign intent. Mathematically indistinguishable. | +| Model Trust Chain | ~45% | Model compromised before deployment. Goldwasser-Kim impossibility. | +| Representation Gap | ~20% | Attack in modality not fully analyzed by transducer. | + +### Historical Progression + +| Phase | Simulation | Detection | Residual | Key Addition | +|-------|:----------:|:---------:|:--------:|-------------| +| Phase 1 | 100K, 9 categories | 81.6% | 18.4% | L1-L3 only | +| Phase 2 | 250K, 15 categories | 93.7% | 6.3% | +L4-L6, +Combos | +| Phase 3 | 250K + PASR | 95.7% | 4.3% | +PASR resolves L2/L5 conflict | +| Phase 4 | 250K + all primitives | ~98.5% | ~1.5% | +TCSA, +ASRA, +MIRE | +| Theoretical floor | — | ~98-99% | ~1-2% | Mathematical limit | + +--- + +## Competitive Analysis + +### Sentinel Lattice vs Industry + +| Capability | Lakera | Prompt Guard | NeMo | LLM Guard | Arthur | **Sentinel Lattice** | +|------------|:------:|:------------:|:----:|:---------:|:------:|:--------------------:| +| Signature detection | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | **Yes (704 patterns)** | +| ML classification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Planned | +| Structural defense (IFC) | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (L2)** | +| Provenance tracking | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (PASR)** | +| Temporal chain safety | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (TSA)** | +| Capability attenuation | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (CAFL)** | +| Predictive chain defense | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (GPS)** | +| Dual-use resolution | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (AAS+IRM)** | +| Model integrity | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (MIRE)** | +| Behavioral EDR | No | No | Partial | No | No | **Yes (L3)** | +| Open source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | **Yes** | +| Formal guarantees | No | No | No | No | No | **Yes (LTL, fibrations)** | + +### Prior Art Search Results + +**51 cross-domain searches on grep.app — ALL returned 0 implementations.** + +No code exists anywhere on GitHub for: +- Provenance through lossy semantic transformation (PASR) +- Capability attenuation for LLM tool chains (CAFL) +- Goal predictability scoring (GPS) +- Argumentation frameworks for content safety (AAS) +- Mechanism design for intent revelation (IRM) +- Model-irrelevance containment (MIRE) +- Temporal safety automata for agent tool chains (TSA) + +--- + +## Publication Roadmap + +### Potential Papers (6) + +| # | Title | Venue | Core Contribution | +|---|-------|-------|-------------------| +| 1 | "PASR: Preserving Provenance Through Lossy Semantic Transformations" | IEEE S&P / USENIX | New security primitive, categorical framework | +| 2 | "Temporal-Capability Safety for LLM Agents" | CCS / NDSS | TSA + CAFL + GPS, replaces enumerative guards | +| 3 | "Intent Revelation Mechanisms for Dual-Use AI Content" | NeurIPS / AAAI | Mechanism design applied to AI safety | +| 4 | "Adversarial Argumentation for AI Content Safety" | ACL / EMNLP | Dung semantics for dual-use resolution | +| 5 | "MIRE: When Detection Is Impossible, Make Compromise Irrelevant" | IEEE S&P / USENIX | Paradigm shift from detection to containment | +| 6 | "From 18% to 1.5%: Cross-Domain Paradigm Synthesis for LLM Defense" | Nature Machine Intelligence | Survey, 58 paradigms, 19 domains | + +### ArXiv Submission Plan + +- **Format:** LaTeX (required by arXiv) +- **Primary category:** `cs.CR` (Cryptography and Security) +- **Cross-listings:** `cs.AI`, `cs.LG`, `cs.CL` +- **Endorsement:** Required for first-time submitters in `cs.CR` +- **Timeline:** Paper 6 (survey) first, then Paper 1 (PASR) and Paper 5 (MIRE) + +--- + +## Implementation Roadmap + +### Phase 1: Foundation (Weeks 1-4) + +| Priority | Component | Effort | Dependencies | +|:--------:|-----------|:------:|:------------:| +| P0 | L2 Capability Proxy (full IFC + NEVER lists) | 3 weeks | L1 (done) | +| P0 | PASR two-channel transducer | 2 weeks | L2 | +| P1 | TSA monitor automata (replaces CrossToolGuard) | 2 weeks | L2 | + +### Phase 2: Novel Primitives (Weeks 5-10) + +| Priority | Component | Effort | Dependencies | +|:--------:|-----------|:------:|:------------:| +| P0 | CAFL capability labels + attenuation | 3 weeks | TSA | +| P1 | GPS goal predictability scoring | 2 weeks | TSA | +| P1 | MIRE Output Envelope (M1) | 2 weeks | PASR | +| P1 | MIRE Canary Probes (M2) | 1 week | — | + +### Phase 3: Advanced (Weeks 11-16) + +| Priority | Component | Effort | Dependencies | +|:--------:|-----------|:------:|:------------:| +| P2 | AAS argumentation engine | 3 weeks | L1 | +| P2 | IRM screening mechanisms | 2 weeks | AAS | +| P2 | MIRE Spectral Watchdog (M3) | 3 weeks | — | +| P2 | MIRE Negative Selection (M5) | 2 weeks | — | +| P3 | L3 Behavioral EDR (full) | 4 weeks | L2, TSA | +| P3 | Combo Alpha/Beta/Gamma | 3 weeks | All above | + +### Technology Stack + +| Component | Language | Reason | +|-----------|----------|--------| +| L1 Sentinel Core | Rust | Performance (<1ms), existing code | +| L2 Capability Proxy | Rust | Security-critical, deterministic | +| PASR Transducer | Rust | Trusted code, HMAC signing | +| TSA Automata | Rust | O(1) per call, bit-level state | +| CAFL Labels | Rust | Type safety for capabilities | +| GPS Scoring | Rust | State enumeration, performance | +| MIRE M1 Validator | Rust | Deterministic, formally verifiable | +| AAS Engine | Python/Rust | Argumentation logic | +| IRM Mechanisms | Python | Interaction design | +| L3 EDR | Python + Rust | ML components + perf-critical | + +--- + +## References + +### Novel Primitives (This Work) + +1. PASR — Provenance-Annotated Semantic Reduction (Sentinel, 2026) +2. CAFL — Capability-Attenuating Flow Labels (Sentinel, 2026) +3. GPS — Goal Predictability Score (Sentinel, 2026) +4. AAS — Adversarial Argumentation Safety (Sentinel, 2026) +5. IRM — Intent Revelation Mechanisms (Sentinel, 2026) +6. MIRE — Model-Irrelevance Containment Engine (Sentinel, 2026) +7. TSA — Temporal Safety Automata for LLM Agents (Sentinel, 2026) + +### Foundational Work + +8. Necula, G. (1997). "Proof-Carrying Code." POPL. +9. Hardy, N. (1988). "The Confused Deputy." ACM Operating Systems Review. +10. Clark, D. & Wilson, D. (1987). "A Comparison of Commercial and Military Security Policies." IEEE S&P. +11. Dung, P.M. (1995). "On the Acceptability of Arguments." Artificial Intelligence. +12. Dennis, J. & Van Horn, E. (1966). "Programming Semantics for Multiprogrammed Computations." CACM. +13. Denning, D. (1976). "A Lattice Model of Secure Information Flow." CACM. +14. Bell, D. & LaPadula, L. (1973). 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IEEE S&P. + +--- + +## Appendix: Research Methodology + +### Paradigm Search Space + +**58 paradigms** were systematically analyzed across **19 scientific domains:** + +| Domain | Paradigms | Key Contributions | +|--------|:---------:|-------------------| +| Biology / Immunology | 5 | BBB, negative selection, clonal selection | +| Nuclear / Military Safety | 4 | Defense in depth, fail-safe, containment | +| Cryptography | 4 | PCC, zero-knowledge, commitment schemes | +| Aviation Safety | 3 | Swiss cheese model, CRM, TCAS | +| Medieval / Ancient Defense | 3 | Castle architecture, layered walls | +| Financial Security | 3 | Separation of duties, dual control | +| Legal Systems | 3 | Burden of proof, adversarial process | +| Industrial Safety | 3 | HAZOP, STAMP, fault trees | +| CS Foundations | 3 | Capability security, IFC, confused deputy | +| Information Theory | 3 | Shannon capacity, Kolmogorov, sufficient stats | +| Category / Type Theory | 3 | Fibrations, dependent types, functors | +| Control Theory | 3 | Lyapunov stability, PID, bifurcation | +| Game Theory | 3 | Mechanism design, VCG, screening | +| Ecology | 3 | Ecosystem resilience, invasive species | +| Neuroscience | 3 | LTP, lateral inhibition, synaptic gating | +| Thermodynamics | 2 | Landauer's principle, free energy | +| Distributed Consensus | 2 | BFT, Nakamoto | +| Formal Linguistics | 3 | Chomsky hierarchy, speech acts, Grice | +| Philosophy of Mind | 2 | Chinese room, frame problem | + +### Validation Protocol + +1. **Prior art search:** 51 compound queries on grep.app across GitHub +2. **Google Scholar verification:** 15 paradigm intersections checked for publications +3. **Attack simulation:** 250,000 attacks with 5 mutation types, 6 phase permutations +4. **Red team assessment:** 3 independent assessments, 45+ attack vectors identified +5. **Impossibility proofs:** Goldwasser-Kim and Semantic Identity theorems integrated + +--- + +*Document generated: February 25, 2026* +*Sentinel Research Team* +*Total: 58 paradigms, 19 domains, 7 inventions, 250K attack simulation, ~98.5% detection/containment* diff --git a/docs/security/cafl.md b/docs/security/cafl.md index 359e250..e394b7e 100644 --- a/docs/security/cafl.md +++ b/docs/security/cafl.md @@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ Trust boundary crossings inherently attenuate capabilities unless explicitly aut This means that even if a prompt injection tricks the LLM into initiating an exfiltration attempt, the mathematical capabilities of the data prevent the outbound network call. -See the full mathematical foundation in the [Sentinel Lattice Architecture Specification](https://github.com/syntrex-lab/sentinel-community/blob/main/docs/rnd/2026-02-25-sentinel-lattice-architecture.md). +See the full mathematical foundation in the [Sentinel Lattice Architecture Specification](../lattice.md). diff --git a/docs/security/dip_pipeline.md b/docs/security/dip_pipeline.md index de337fe..d8067d3 100644 --- a/docs/security/dip_pipeline.md +++ b/docs/security/dip_pipeline.md @@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ Traditional security proxies rely heavily on blacklists, regex, or second-model ## Lattice Integration -DIP feeds directly into the larger [Sentinel Lattice](https://github.com/syntrex-lab/sentinel-community/blob/main/docs/rnd/2026-02-25-sentinel-lattice-architecture.md) architecture by creating early *Provenance Certificates*. This guarantees that even if a prompt "tricks" the semantic layers, the root source (the external untrusted user) is forever linked mathematically to the parsed intent. +DIP feeds directly into the larger [Sentinel Lattice](../lattice.md) architecture by creating early *Provenance Certificates*. This guarantees that even if a prompt "tricks" the semantic layers, the root source (the external untrusted user) is forever linked mathematically to the parsed intent.