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 ...

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.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Swan Labs Inc., the startup that snared $15 million in funding in August from former Cisco Systems Inc. and 3Com Corp. principals, is introducing as promised its NetCelera ...

As mobile computing becomes increasingly popular, so does the demand for virtual private network (VPN) access from mobile clients. But because Internet Protocol (IP) VPN solutions are inherently ...

Listen carefully. The top level of the OSI Reference Model and the IETF protocol stack is the application layer. The application layer, however, doesn’t do applications. It provides services such as ...