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From: Devin L. Ganger (devin@thecabal.org)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2001 - 12:47:27 CST

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    On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 05:21:39PM -0800, Jeff Newton wrote:
     
    > Its difficult to pigeon-hole encryption protocols in different OSI
    > layers, especially when definitive resources conflict. Can oneone help
    > me address these inconsistancies?

    It probably doesn't help you to know that the only protocol stack that
    actually maps one-to-one to the OSI model is the OSI protocol stack.
    TCP/IP, especially with the advent of SSL and IPsec, just don't fit
    that model very well.

    Having said that, the functions that IPsec provides would seem to
    place it at layer 3, and SSL is anywhere from 4 to 7 depending on
    which protocol it's being used in conjunction with. 

    -- 
Devin L. Ganger <devin@thecabal.org>
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