On 6/4/2015 3:34 AM, Mirja Kühlewind wrote:
> It's in the doc:
>
> "Application: an entity that uses the transport layer for end-to-end
> delivery data across the network (this may also be an upper layer
> protocol or tunnel encapsulation)."
"End to end" is *defined* as the endpoints of the transport association.
So, basically:
"Application: an entity that uses the transport layer for delivery of
data between the transport endpoints."
However, *every* protocol is trivially defined as:
A mechanism between two or more parties to exchange data
(information) between those parties.
I.e., as a result, an app is defined EXACTLY and ONLY by the following:
Application: an entity that *uses* a transport layer.
Every other part of the definition is irrelevant, IMO.
Joe
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