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Osi Seven-Layer Network Model - Linux

The OSI model defines a 7-layer network architecture for communication. The lowest layers (1-3) deal with physical transmission of data and establishing connections. Layer 4 is the transport layer which provides interfaces for sending and receiving data as a continuous stream or in packets. The upper layers (5-7) manage access control, abstract data representation, and application functions.

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Osi Seven-Layer Network Model - Linux

The OSI model defines a 7-layer network architecture for communication. The lowest layers (1-3) deal with physical transmission of data and establishing connections. Layer 4 is the transport layer which provides interfaces for sending and receiving data as a continuous stream or in packets. The upper layers (5-7) manage access control, abstract data representation, and application functions.

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THE OSI SEVEN-LAYER NETWORK MODEL - LINUX

The OSI Seven-Layer Model

The OSI Lower Layers

The lowest layer, Layer 1, is the physical layer. It is concerned with the lowest
level of detail about data transmission. This layer worries about issues such as
how to indicate the presence of a one bit versus a zero bit on the physical media.
It also deals with electrical signal levels and other details related to physical
transmission. The next layer up, Layer 2, is the data link layer. The data link
layer is primarily responsible for establishing and maintaining connections or
providing connectionless service. It is concerned with how the two endpoints will
establish a communication. It also deals with framing or how to differentiate user
or payload data from control data. It contains a way for machines to identify each
other, generally called station IDs or Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. The
next layer up, Layer 3, is the network layer. It is responsible for how nodes on
the network are named or addressed. It is concerned with network topology and how
to route packets from one node to another. As with the data link layer, the network
layer has address information, too. However, network addresses are more abstract;
they have to do with network topology and at least theoretically are not tied to a
particular physical interface. The next layer up, Layer 4,or the transport layer,
provides a way for data to be collected or aggregated for passage across the
network. In addition, the transport layer provides a simple programming interface
to users at higher layers so they don�t have to deal with the network details of
Layer 3 or lower. In the world of TCP/IP, we think of the transport layer interface
as providing two types of interfaces. The first is a streaming interface where the
user can send and receive data as a continuous stream of bytes. The other interface
provides a chunked or datagram interface to the user where the user must break up
the data into discrete packets before sending.

The OSI Upper Layers

The higher layers are often thought to be part of the application. Layer 5, the
session layer, is primarily about managing access and session control of a user on
one machine who wants to access another machine. Layer 6, the presentation layer,
is for abstract data representation. Data in network representation is mapped to
the user�s view so the application need not worry how the data looks when it is
stored on a different machine. Architectural details of data representation in a
particular machine are removed at this layer. The uppermost layer, Layer 7, is the
application layer. Only pure OSI-compliant networking protocols think of this as a
separate layer. It is important to point out that the upper layers�Layers 5, 6, and
7�are not part of the TCP/IP stack.

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