Ars Technica

OSI 7 - layer model in application troubleshooting

Could anyone help find authoritative online sources and /or otherwise articulate on why it makes sense to go from the “top down” in the OST 7 -- layer model, instead of “bottom up”, when ...
EDN

The Seven Faces of the OSI Network Model: Part 2

The Open System Interconnect (OSI) network model, referred to by many as simply a stack, is in fact a well-designed, layered architecture for efficient intersystem and intrasystem communications. In ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model)

First, and foremost, the OSI stack is just a theoretical reference model. There is no actual OSI software. It has been around since about 1980, and it is based upon recommendations from the ITU-T and ...
Computer Weekly

OSI: Securing the Stack, Layer 8 -- Social engineering and security policy

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 ...
EDN

The Seven Faces of the OSI Network Model: Part 1

For many in the communication industry, the open system interconnect (OSI) network model is a simply a stack. But, designers shouldn't be so quick to diminish the value that the OSI model provides to ...