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networking The third highest protocol layer (layer 5) in the OSI

seven layer model. The session layer uses the transportlayer to establish a connection between processes on

different hosts. It handles security and creation of the

session. It is used by the presentation layer.

Documents: ITU Rec. X.225 (ISO 8327), ITU Rec. X.215 (ISO

8326).

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(1997-12-07)

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