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 ...
Redmond Magazine

Understanding Protocols and the OSI Network Model

Getting a handle on the invisible part of your network—the protocols that are in use—can be of enormous value in helping you detect problems. So far, we've talked about the tangibles of your ...
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 ...
PC Magazine

session layer

The processing in a network protocol that initiates and terminates a session. The session layer is layer 5 of 7 in the OSI model. See TCP/IP and OSI model. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.