networking, the link layer is the lowest layer in the Internet protocol suite, the networking architecture of the Internet. The link layer is the group of...
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mostly equivalent to the data link layer plus physical layer in OSI. This particular layer has several unique security vulnerabilities that can be exploited...
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Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications security over a computer network, such as the Internet. The...
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Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) is a communications protocol providing security to datagram-based applications by allowing them to communicate...
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Messaging Layer Security (MLS) is a security layer for end-to-end encrypting messages. It is maintained by the MLS working group of the Internet Engineering...
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OSI model (redirect from OSI seven-layer model)
complete data link layer that provides both error correction and flow control by means of a selective-repeat sliding-window protocol. Security, specifically...
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Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (section Security)
because the breaking of WEP had left Wi-Fi networks without viable link-layer security, and a solution was required for already deployed hardware. However...
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In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the network layer is layer 3. The network layer is responsible for packet forwarding including routing...
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HTTPS (redirect from Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer)
communication protocol is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS) or, formerly, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The protocol is therefore also referred...
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the link types. Such protocols belong to the link layer. Internet-layer protocols use IP-based packets. A common design aspect in the internet layer is...
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This article lists protocols, categorized by the nearest layer in the Open Systems Interconnection model. This list is not exclusive to only the OSI protocol...
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Internet protocol suite (redirect from TCP/IP five layer model)
the layers are the link layer, containing communication methods for data that remains within a single network segment (link); the internet layer, providing...
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IPsec (redirect from Encapsulating Security Payload)
Internet security systems in widespread use operate above the network layer, such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) that operates above the transport layer and...
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DNS over TLS (category Transport Layer Security)
is a network security protocol for encrypting and wrapping Domain Name System (DNS) queries and answers via the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol...
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Zigbee (redirect from Zigbee Light Link)
pre-installation), as the security of the whole network depends on it. Link and master keys are only visible to the application layer. Different services use...
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to several Security Support Providers (SSPs): A Security Support Provider is a dynamic-link library (DLL) that makes one or more security packages available...
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In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks (VPNs) or as part of the delivery...
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VLAN (section Cisco Inter-Switch Link)
that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer (OSI layer 2). In this context, virtual refers to a physical object recreated...
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Comparison of TLS implementations (redirect from Comparison of Transport Layer Security implementations)
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol provides the ability to secure communications across or inside networks. This comparison of TLS implementations...
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Application firewall (redirect from Application layer firewalls)
Medina (2003). The Weakest Security Link Series (1st ed.). IUniverse. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-595-26494-0. "What is Layer 7? How Layer 7 of the Internet Works"...
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HTTP (category Application layer protocols)
also supported by major web servers over Transport Layer Security (TLS) using an Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) extension where TLS 1.2...
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MANs and wide area networks 802 Link Security 802 overall network management protocol layers above the MAC and LLC layers The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards...
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ISBN 978-0-470-17560-6. CCNA Exploration 4.0 5.0 Routing Protocols and Concepts Student Lab Manual. Cisco Press. The ISO model is used for layer names....
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OpenSSL (category Transport Layer Security implementation)
Tuexen; M. Williams (February 2012). Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Heartbeat Extension. Internet Engineering...
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In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the presentation layer is layer 6 and serves as the data translator for the network. It is sometimes...
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such as a home DSL link. Where the transport layer is not physically secure a system such as TLS or Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is used instead...
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layers (data link and physical) of the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networking reference model. IEEE 802 divides the OSI data link layer...
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Transport Layer Security Channel ID (TLS Channel ID, previously known as Transport Layer Security – Origin Bound Certificates TLS-OBC) is a draft RFC...
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GnuTLS (category Transport Layer Security implementation)
GnuTLS (/ˈɡnuː ˌtiː ˌɛl ˈɛs/, the GNU Transport Layer Security Library) is a free software implementation of the TLS, SSL and DTLS protocols. It offers...
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ALTS (category Transport Layer Security)
Application Layer Transport Security (ALTS) is a Google-developed authentication and transport encryption system used for securing remote procedure call...
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