AI agents use create_backup to create or update resources in OPNSense MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your OPNSense MCP Server environment.
Creating a backup is fundamentally a write operation—it generates new persistent data in the firewall system. While backups are typically defensive, they modify system state by adding new backup artifacts. This is categorized as Write rather than Read (which retrieves existing data without modification) or Destructive (which would be permanent data loss).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'create_backup' performs a backup operation that creates a new data artifact (the backup file/snapshot) within the OPNSense firewall system. This is a reversible write operation that stores state without destroying existing data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_backup gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and OPNSense MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_backup:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_backup": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_backup_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_backup stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create a configuration backup. It is categorised as a Write tool in the OPNSense MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the OPNSense MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_backup: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches OPNSense MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_backup is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_backup rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for create_backup. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
create_backup is provided by the OPNSense MCP Server MCP server (vespo92/opnsensemcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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