OSI 7 Layer Model
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Layer
Application
Description
Examples
7
Application
Data
Network process to application
DNS, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, Telnet, DHCP
6
Presentation
Data
Data representation & encryption
GIF, JPEG, SSL, MIME
5
Session
Data
Interhost Comms
NetBIOS, Sockets, Named Pipes, RPC
4
Transport
Segments
End-to-end connections and reliablity
TCP, UDP
3
Network
Packets
Path determination and logical addressing
IP, IPSec, ICMP, BGP
2
Datalinks
Frames
Physical addressing
Ethernet, Wifi, WLAN, MAC
1
Physical
Bits
Media, signal, binary transmission
CAT5
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