Bits & Bytes: Week 3, II - Application Layer

Question 1

What is the application layer protocol for web traffic?

Answer 1

HTTP

Question 2

What are the three most popular web servers?

Answer 2

Microsoft IIS, Apache, and nginx

Question 3

In the OSI networking model, this layer is between the transport and application layer, and is responsible for things like facilitating the communication between actual applications and the transport layer

Answer 3

The Session Layer of the OSI Networking Model

Question 4

In the OSI Networking model, this layer follows that Session later and is responsible for making sure that the unencapsulated application layer data is actually able to be understood by the application in question. It is the part of an operating system that might handle encryption or compression of data.

Answer 4

The Presentation Layer of the OSI Networking Model