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[edit] Ports in transport layer?
While the ports are crucial in TCP/UDP operation, it must be stressed that they deal with individual dialogs and their separation. So I think it is more appropriate to attribute the ports to the OSI session layer which is by its definition concerned with individual dialogs. There is not a clear correspondence between the ISO OSI and the TCP/IP reference models. This is one example of it where the transport layer in TCP/IP RM encompasses some of the session layer functionality from the ISO OSI RM. User:ALM_scientist 18:01, 6 November 2006
- I agree, and I have adressed that problem in the latest change of the article. Mange01 17:09, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] SMB as a transport layer
I don't know enough about how SMB is implemented, but its article claims that it is designed to work on top of NetBUI and TCP/IP, while this article claims it is a transport layer itself. This inconsistency should be fixed by someone who knows more about SMB than I.
- SMB isn't a transport-layer protocol; it runs atop NetBEUI, NBT (which runs atop TCP/IP), and also runs directly atop TCP/IP. It's a request/response protocol (with some extra gunk for "transactions"), and is more like NFS or AFP than like the transport protocols listed here. I'll fix this. Guy Harris 22:47, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] iSCSI as a transport layer
i have the same question regarding iSCSI, which uses TCP ports 860 and 3260. RFC 3720 says that it "works on top of TCP". --Jerome Potts (talk) 04:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] GRE
Hello Fellas,
Can someone link the GRE to the TL? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.212.215.2 (talk) 16:33, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] OSI x TCP/IP
Since there is no direct correspondance between the OSI and the TCP/IP models, this should be pointed out whevener there's a chance to. In fact, in my opinion, either separate articles should be created or different sections on each article should deal with specs and other information concerning the layers in each model stack. What I am saying is that the transport layer, for instance, has different characteristics depending on the model we're talking about: OSI or TCP/IP. Alan.rezende (talk) 20:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
