osi model
ABW - Short-Timescale Passive Bandwidth Monitoring
White Paper The produced characteristics include information about short-term peaks and about the percentage of bandwidth used by different protocols in different layers of the OSI model hierarchy, including detection of application protocols that use dynamic... [11 Jul 2008]
Why Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Should Be Used in IP-Based Networks
White Paper One method of enhancing IP-based networks is to combine elements of the Open System Interconnection Model (OSI), specifically between the Link Layer (Layer 2) and the Network Layer (layer 3). The demand for multimedia applications along with rapid... [11 Jul 2008]
The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks
White Paper This white paper will provide you with an understanding of each of the seven layers of the OSI Model, including their functions and their relationships to each other. It will also compare the theoretical OSI model and the functional TCP/IP model. [30 Jun 2008]
An Examination of Firewall Architectures
White Paper All firewalls rely on the inspection of information generated by protocols that function at various layers of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model. Knowing the OSI layer at which a firewall operates is one of the keys to understanding the... [10 Mar 2008]
Avoiding IP Fragmentation at the Transport Layer of the OSI Reference Model
White Paper There are different possibilities regarding the OSI model layers to implement logic for avoiding fragmentation. The heterogeneous nature of the Internet communications is transparent for the end user. [26 Dec 2007]
Avoiding the IP Fragmentation Process at the Application Layer of the OSI Reference Model
White Paper There are different possibilities regarding the OSI model layers to implement logic for avoiding fragmentation. The modern recommendations regarding the IP fragmentation process is to avoid it. The present study describes some considerations about... [26 Dec 2007]
The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks
White Paper This white paper will provide you with an understanding of each of the seven layers of the OSI Model, including their functions and their relationships to each other. It will also compare the theoretical OSI model and the functional TCP/IP model. [19 Dec 2007]
Common Web Application Attack Types and Security Using ASP.NET
White Paper Web applications security is one of the most daunting tasks today, because of security shift from lower levels of ISO OSI model to application level, and because of current situation in IT environment. [03 Jul 2007]
Webcast: The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks
White Paper This FREE web seminar will provide you with an understanding of each of the seven layers of the OSI Model, including their functions and their relationships to each other. It will also draw comparisons between the theoretical OSI model and the... [04 May 2007]
Setting Up a Bluetooth Packet Transport Link
White Paper Data transmission between Bluetooth devices will be presented from a low-level perspective, in terms of the OSI ISO model the physical and link layers. The issues presented in the paper are derived from the task of setting up a packet transport... [09 Aug 2005]
Check Point Multi-Layer Security: Attack Prevention Safeguards and Attacks Blocked
White Paper This paper lists some of these defenses and organizes them by protocol and OSI model layer. Check Point gateways, including VPN-1, FireWall-1, InterSpect, and Connectra, with SmartDefense, Application Intelligence and Web Intelligence protection... [04 Aug 2005]
High-Performance IP Service Node With Layer 4 to 7 Packet Processing Features
White Paper The proposed node processes not only layer 3 IP packets but also those of layers 4 to 7 in the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) reference model. This paper proposes an IP service node that provides sophisticated, high-performance IP packet... [11 Apr 2005]
Introduction to Security of LDAP Directory Services
White Paper It is based on the X.500, a standard protocol for directory services on the OSI model. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is currently a widely used protocol for providing networking directory services on the TCP/IP model. [15 Dec 2004]
Analysis: The network is the security
Comment Network devices will have the ability to tear apart packets, block malicious code, enforce policies and filter content up and down the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) stack. Like existing tools from Arbor Networks, Mazu Networks and Q1 Labs, the... [14 Jul 2004]
Converged Network Design Features
White Paper The design features for a converged network incorporate the open systems interconnection (OSI) model application and shared technologies for access, transport, and logical components. For the best definition of technologies and design features... [11 Jun 2004]
