IoT is simple in theory: Use the vast connectivity of the internet to send data from the tiniest devices -- such as switches and sensors -- to the cloud, on-premises server farms or large-scale data ...

The application layer sits at Layer 7, the top of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communications model. It ensures an application can effectively communicate with other applications on ...

There are a multitude of layers, protocols, and wireless standards for IoT applications. The following blog gives a brief description of these layers and lists (with links!) to a variety of the ...

In addition to FTP and DNS, there are a variety of other popular application layer protocols that contain insecurities. Many of these weaknesses are well-known, and some of them have been addressed by ...

Getting connected isn't as difficult as you might think. The growth of the Internet has been an interesting reflection of the growth of networking in general. The first networks to be deployed in most ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. The application layer of the ...

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow, new information on emerging best practices, technical specifications, and design considerations continues to flood the market. It’s often difficult ...

messages. It pairs two network services in such a way that they keep responding to one another’s messages indefinitely. In doing so, they create large volumes of traffic that result in a denial of ...