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Some Misconceptions about OSI Layers

It is not until now that I have known that OSI layer 5 & 6 are obsolete in modern networking. In the modern TCP/IP model (aka the real internet), these layers were swallowed whole by the Application Layer (Layer 7).

Layer 5 became Cookies, APIs, and Auth tokens. Layer 6 became standard formats like JSON, HTML, and TLS encryption.

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