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Re: Info wanted on TCP/IP vs OSI 7 layer

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From: Guy Harris
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:55
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>Almost any computer networks textbook will spend a page or two stating
>that TCP corresponds to OSI Transport, IP to OSI net, but IP is 
>connectionless while OSI is CO. That's about it - sometimes I wonder
>how they can spend several pages saying nothing more.

I wish they'd spend a few pages saying something *correct*, then - as
far as I know, OSI has both connection-oriented *and* connectionless
network-layer protocols (and it also has, as I remember, a
connectionless *transport* protocol, akin to UDP).
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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Info wanted on TCP/IP vs OSI 7 layer
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Date: 27 Jan 93 18:55:27 GMT
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