Session Layer (5) – Basics
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The Session Layer “provides the mechanism for managing the dialogue between end-user application processes. It provides for either duplex or half-duplex operation and establishes checkpointing, adjournment, termination, and restart procedures.” |
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Support Multiplexing over a single transport |
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Encryption handled by layer 6 |
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Logical place to handle Single Sign On |