On 1/5/2012 1:41 PM, Dave Cridland wrote:
Association, to my mind, means a transport layer connection, hence it's usage in
SNMP and other OSI-related things.
Session isn't much less damaged, as a term, I admit, but it is in common usage.
And like algorithms, and protocols, you can open up a session to find other
sessions inside.
Actually, my recollection is that 'association' was an application-level
construct from OSI.
But I came to the same conclusion as you: "session" is an established term in
IETF parlance and has the basic reality of describing a protocol in operation
between two (or more?) hosts/endsystems/endpoints/...
Does this resonate with others?
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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