Computerworld

The Data Link Layer: Understanding one of my favorite layers of the OSI Model

A couple posts ago, we talked about Layer 1 of the OSI Model — the Physical Layer. Today, we’ll start our climb up the Model with a visit to Layer 2, the Data Link Layer. The Data Link Layer is one of ...
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 ...
Forbes

The 8th Layer Of The OSI Model: The Human Risk

Morey Haber, Chief Security Advisor at BeyondTrust, is an identity and technical evangelist with over 25 years of IT industry experience. Recently, I was reminiscing with a colleague about unique ...
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 ...
Linux Journal

Bridge the Gap Between Physical and Virtual Networking with netstat

This article examines netstat and some of it many outputs, in relation to the open systems interconnect (OSI) model. A quick examination of netstat's man pages provides a description of the program: ...