Certified Network Defender (CND) — Question 48

Paul is a network security technician working on a contract for a laptop manufacturing company in Chicago. He has focused primarily on securing network devices, firewalls, and traffic traversing in and out of the network. He just finished setting up a server a gateway between the internal private network and the outside public network. This server will act as a proxy, limited amount of services, and will filter packets. What is this type of server called?

Answer options

• A. Session layer firewall.
• B. SOCKS host.
• C. Bastion host.
• D. Edge transport server.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Bastion host, as it is specifically designed to provide a secure gateway and manage traffic between different networks while filtering packets. Options A (Session layer firewall) and D (Edge transport server) do not fit the description of a proxy server in this context, and B (SOCKS host) typically refers to a protocol for handling traffic rather than the server type itself.