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/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf