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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• Evolution of the Microsoft NOS (Active Directory)
• IPv6 Packet Fragmentation
• Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
• TCP Windowing
• Routing Datagrams
• OSI Transport Layer
• Network Gateways
• TCP/IP Utilities
• Networking and Internet Standards Organizations
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