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Le modèle OSI

En bref

Le modèle OSI en sept couches — la carte commune pour dire où se passe une chose sur le réseau. Vous utiliserez ces numéros toute votre carrière.

Objectifs

  • Nommer les sept couches OSI dans l'ordre
  • Situer IP, TCP et HTTP sur la pile
  • Expliquer le trajet descendant puis montant des données

The OSI model describes a network as seven layers, from the physical wire up to the application you use. It is a map: no real system implements it exactly, but everyone uses its vocabulary to talk about where things happen.

7ApplicationHTTP, DNS6PresentationTLS, encoding5Sessionconnections4TransportTCP, UDP3NetworkIP, routing2Data linkEthernet, MAC1Physicalcables, radio
The seven OSI layers. Data travels down the stack on the sender and up on the receiver.

Reading the stack

Data starts at the top, on your application, and travels down the stack as each layer adds its header. It crosses the wire, then travels back up the stack on the other machine, each layer stripping the header its counterpart added.

The layers you will meet most as a security learner are 3 (network, where IP lives), 4 (transport, where TCP and UDP live), and 7 (application, where HTTP lives).

Note

People say "that is a layer-7 problem" or "a layer-2 attack" constantly. The number is just shorthand for where in this stack something happens.

À retenir

  • OSI a sept couches, physique en bas, application en haut
  • Les données descendent la pile, traversent, puis remontent
  • Les couches 3, 4 et 7 comptent le plus en sécurité