Monday, September 26, 2011

OSI Model - How an email passes through each layer

The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a product of the Open Systems Interconnection effort at the International Organization for Standardization.

 
It is a prescription of characterizing and standardizing the functions of a communications system in terms of abstraction layers. Similar communication functions are grouped into logical layers. An instance of a layer provides services to its upper layer instances while receiving services from the layer below.

This video explains the process of how an email passes from one machine to another while traversing through the 7 layers of the OSI  model. Very Interesting video and clearly mentions about what happens to the email at each layer. Next time someone asks you "How OSI model plays an important role in our day to day life" , share this video or explain it yourself.


A complete self-explanatory video on the 7 layers of OSI model and its real-time application. It's an interactive video , so make sure that you click on continue buttons once understand the description at each step.


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