ANP Protocol Security

AegisGate enforces security for the Agent Network Protocol (ANP), securing multi-agent network topologies and service discovery.

Threat Landscape

ANP enables dynamic agent networks with service discovery and mesh communication:

  • Rogue agent injection: Unauthorized agents joining the network
  • Service discovery poisoning: Advertising malicious services to agents
  • Network topology manipulation: Redirecting agent communication paths
  • Mesh communication eavesdropping: Intercepting messages in the agent mesh

AegisGate Enforcement

LayerProtectionDetection Rate
Network admissionAgent identity verificationFull verification
Service discoverySigned service advertisements100% (adversarial suite)
Mesh integrityTopology validation, anomaly detection83.1% coverage
Rate limitingPer-agent, per-serviceConfigurable

Configuration

anp:
  enabled: true
  admission:
    require_agent_identity: true
    reject_unknown_agents: true
  discovery:
    verify_service_signatures: true
  mesh:
    max_network_diameter: 4
    topology_check_interval: 30s

For general security architecture, see Security Overview.