Automic Vault

Automic Vault 4.8.2 · macOS

goat hardener

The changes, security properties, caveats, and verification path for the goat hardener.

goat hardener

Run av harden goat to apply this hardener and av doctor goat to verify it.

av harden goat installs the signed goat Isotope and migrates the complete password session from auth-session.json into Automic Vault. The file retains only the DID, PDS origin, and reserved non-secret @av markers.

The patched Target routes session reads, login and refresh stores, and logout deletes through fixed goat-only XPC operations. Each operation binds the live Target, complete arguments, DID, PDS, and derived Secret Name.

Unknown fields and incomplete sessions fail without changing the file. The authorized Target receives reusable session material in memory; the Hardener cannot protect it after Secret Application.