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Building a Windows NT Bastion Host in Practice
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This paper presents a checklist for converting a default Windows NT installation to a bastion host. A bastion host is a computer system that is exposed to attack, and may be a critical component in a network security system. Special attention must be paid to these highly fortified hosts, both during initial construction and ongoing operation. Bastion hosts can include Firewall gateways, Web servers, FTP servers, Name servers (DNS), Mail hubs and Victim hosts (sacrificial lambs).
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