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Bastion Host Overview

By | April 3, 2017

A Bastion Host (BH) is a computer on a network perimeter which is running a hardened Operating System (OS). This protection includes patches, authentication, encryption, and eliminates unnecessary software and services  (Weaver, Weaver, Farwood, & Weaver, 2012). Weaver et al.’s (2012) provides the following list of BH characteristics: A machine with adequate memory and processor… Read More »