Bastion hosts are used for services such as website hosting, mail, DNS lookups and FTP transfer and are located on the public side of a perimeter net (DMZ). The name comes from medieval fortresses ...

In short, much like the protective gates of an ancient castle, great effort is expended to secure a network device because you are expecting it to be attacked.The most common examples of a bastion ...

While IT professionals are familiar with the concept of a bastion host or jump-box server, the average Azure user may not be. This could lead to the use of less secure public IP-based access methods.

The general concepts behind hardening a Linux bastion host are no different than they are for any other OS.You still need to minimize the installed software, update ...