The OSI Session Layer
By Stephen Bucaro
The Session layer, layer seven of the OSI model, establishes, synchronizes, maintains
and terminates sessions between computers on a network. It establishes a connection ID
and authenticates security.
When you think of the Session layer, keep in mind that the OSI is only a model. Actual
network protocol suites, such as TCP/IP handle the conection establishment, maintainance,
and termination with protocols at the Transport layer.
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• OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) Protocol
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• IPv6 Global Unicast Addresses
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• Active Directory : How Objects Are Stored and Identified
• NTP Server Systems - The Network Time Protocol
• The OSI Network Layer
• IEEE 802.11.x Wireless Standards
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