Subject: Re: session

From: Bob Braden <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:55:10 GMT

*> From [email-masked]  Tue Nov 27 22:23:27 2001
  *> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:31:04 +0530
  *> From: Kiran Kumar A <[email-masked]>
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  *> To: [email-masked]
  *> Subject: session
  *> 
  *> Hi,
  *>       I would like to know exactly what is a session,
  *> b'coz the triplet (DestAddr, Transport Protocol, DestPort) makes a
  *> session.
  *> But router functionality is restricted to IP layer only and the port is
  *> present
  *> in Transport Layer. Then how an intermediate router distinguishes
  *> differnt
  *> sessions?

Who says router functionality is restricted to the IP layer?
Layers are not ordained in Heaven.

Bob Braden

  *> 
  *> If possible please explain me with an example
  *> 
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