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ISC2 Exam SSCP Topic 6 Question 12 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISC2's Systems Security Certified Practitioner exam
Question #: 12
Topic #: 6
[All Systems Security Certified Practitioner Questions]

What can best be defined as a strongly protected computer that is in a network protected by a firewall (or is part of a firewall) and is the only host (or one of only a few hosts) in the network that can be directly accessed from networks on the other side of the firewall?

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The Internet Security Glossary (RFC2828) defines a bastion host as a strongly protected computer that is in a network protected by a firewall (or is part of a firewall) and is the only host (or one of only a few hosts) in the network that can be directly accessed from networks on the other side of the firewall.

Source: SHIREY, Robert W., RFC2828: Internet Security Glossary, may 2000.


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