The Bastion: Open-source Access Control for Complex Infrastructure
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The Bastion: Open-source Access Control for Complex Infrastructure

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James Patterson
Dec 25, 2025

Operational teams know that access sprawl grows fast. Servers, virtual machines and network gear all need hands-on work and each new system adds more identities to manage. A bastion host tries to bring order to this problem. It acts as a single entry point for sysadmins and developers who connect to infrastructure through ssh. This model is old in theory, but The Bastion open-source project shows how far a purpose-built access layer can go.
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James Patterson

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