Chapter 8
Layer 7: The Application Layer
Introduction
The application layer sits at the top of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) seven-layer model, providing network access to applications and users. Because users typically interact with this layer the most, application layer protocols and the software that implements them often focus on functionality instead of security. Many of these protocols were created long before network security was considered a major issue, and as a result, the application ...
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