How the OSI model works
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:57:48
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (658 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (658 words)
I will try to explain how the OSI model works so that it
is easier to understand for those that have trouble with
the concept. Think of communications in terms of people.
Each person that you talk to is like a computer with its
own capacity to compute and / or calculate information.
If I speak directly with you and share information, that
is like a peer to peer network. There really isn't
any "hardware" at …
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…layer, I may not want people in my room to talk about sex
or drugs. These are "services" that I won't allow. So, as
a technician I can manage the security of the network so
that I can control what type of communications occur. I
may also NOT want a particular crowd of people to enter my
room. So, I can install a firewall to filter out who is
allowed to enter my room (network).
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