Bastion Host

Bastion Host definition - hacker
Compared to hosts that are protected from intrusion by being inside a firewall, bastion hosts are those expected to come under attack because the system is exposed to threats.

See Also: Attack; Firewall; Host.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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