Computerworld

The Session Layer: Understanding layer 5 of the OSI Model

According to the OSI Model, the session layer is where connections are established, managed, and torn down. For connection-oriented network protocols, understanding how the session layer works, and ...
Computerworld

Understanding the OSI Model

First off, howdy and welcome to the inaugural post of the EtherGeek blog. My name is Josh Stephens and I’m Head Geek and VP of Technology at SolarWinds, an IT management software company in Austin.
Electronic Design

What’s The Difference Between The OSI Seven-Layer Network Model And TCP/IP?

Whether it’s wired or wireless, most data communications today happens by way of packets of information travelling over one or more networks. But before these networks can work together, though, they ...
AFCEA

Software Overlay Provides Identity-Based Security Layer to OSI Model

As cybersecurity threats grow more sophisticated, traditional network architectures struggle to keep pace, especially in sectors reliant on legacy hardware. IMPRES Technology Solutions has introduced ...
PC Magazine

OSI model

Layers 7 through 4 are geared more to the application than the lower layers, which are designed to move packets from one place to another no matter what they contain. This top layer defines the ...