Dual-homed

An example of dual-homed devices are enthusiast computing motherboards that incorporate dual Ethernet network interface cards.

This feature was designed to provide telecommunications grade reliability and redundancy to Ethernet networks.

Firewall dual-homing provides the first-line defense and protection technology for keeping untrusted bodies from compromising information security by violating trusted network space.

Dual-homed is a general term for proxies, gateways, firewalls, or any server that provides secured applications or services directly to an untrusted network.

[3] Dual-homed hosts can act as firewalls provided that they do not forward IP datagrams unconditionally.