To understand the differences between the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol and the Open Systems Interconnection model, it's helpful to first dig into the individual protocols.

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 Open Systems Interconnection -- or OSI model layers -- explains the process of endpoint communication via networking, and it is divided into seven different layers based on their functionality.

Other tips in this series have examined the seven-layer OSI model from the perspective of security. Although security was not the No. 1 goal of the designers of the OSI model, the idea behind these ...