Episode 41 — Bastion Hosts: safe admin access paths in hybrid designs
Administrative access is a high-value pathway in hybrid environments, and CloudNetX scenarios often test whether you can design that pathway with minimal exposure and strong accountability. This episode defines a bastion host as a controlled jump point that mediates administrative access to internal systems, reducing the need to expose management ports directly to untrusted networks. The first paragraph focuses on bastion purpose and placement, explaining why bastions are commonly positioned in a screened zone with strict inbound rules, strong authentication, and tightly scoped outbound access to target systems. It also clarifies that bastion design is not only about reachability, but also about governance: logging, session control, and deliberate restriction of tools and credentials so administrative actions can be monitored and attributed.
