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Multi-step SSH connections

Multi-step SSH connections - SSH Tutorial

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Multi-step SSH connections

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- [Instructor] It's common to use SSH to connect from a local host to a remote host, but in many scenarios, a simple direct connection is not possible for security or other reasons. In large organizations, access to internal systems through SSH is often controlled by what's called a jump host or bastion host, a system that all the SSH sessions connect to and then users use that host to establish another SSH connection to a secured system on a private network. There's nothing at all special about a bastion host. It's just an SSH server like any other. The difference is in what role it serves. Instead of being the final destination for a shell session, it's just one point on the way. And it's usually where most of the security restrictions are applied to people trying to connect to protected systems through SSH. A bastion host is usually a member of two or more networks. Though, it doesn't have to be. A bastion host…

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