# Hide use of jump host **URL:** \ **Category:** AWX Project\ **Created:** [March 10, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hide-use-of-jump-host/32432 "2020-03-10T15:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jpmens1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jpmens1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hide-use-of-jump-host/32432/1 "2020-03-10T15:26:52Z")
Is there a preferred/documented/correct way of hiding the fact that an SSH jump host is being used? I’d like to avoid having to use, say, a group variable ansible\_ssh\_common\_args, and the only other method which has worked for me is to add a configuration to /etc/ssh/ssh\_config.d/90-jpmens.conf and adding IdentityFile and ProxyCommand for Host \* Any other suggestions? -JP ---
**Author:** ![Kadel-Garcia\_Nico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Kadel-Garcia\_Nico](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kadel-Garcia_Nico)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hide-use-of-jump-host/32432/2 "2020-03-12T20:17:33Z")
Define “hiding the fact”. It’s possible to do quite a lot with $HOME/ssh/config, for example, or /etc/ssh/ssh\_config. But “hiding the SSH jumpgate” is kind of like “hiding the man-in-th-middle monitor from your browser”. It creates a raft of security issues. **Nico Kadel-Garcia** Senior DevOps Engineer Cengage Learning 200 Pier Four Blvd. Boston, MA 02210 [nico.kadel-garcia@cengage.com](mailto:nico.kadel-garcia@cengage.com)