This chapter discusses the Session layer (layer 5) on the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model. In this chapter, we examine a number of well-known techniques that are used to attack sessions, and ...

The session layer is Layer 5 of the OSI communications model. It is the long-lived logical connection that persists between endpoints over time. A single session is all the back-and-forth ...

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 ...