Application Layer (AL) Application Layer (AL), contains those protocols which provides services to users. Web browsing, e-mail, encryption, session establishment all these things happen in application Layer which uses protocols such as, HTTP, SMTP, DNS, TELNET, FTP, NFS, DFS, IMAP4, POP3, NNTP, SSH, SSL, GOPHER. Application Layer (AL), defines network application services like file transfer, network management. Identification of services is done using port numbers. Ports are nothing but socket i.e. entry & exit point to the layer. Application layer, Presentation layer, Session layer of OSI model Responsible for converting data into standard format ex: ASCII, JPEG, MIDI, MP3. Encoding-decoding, encryption-decryption, compression, NFS, RPC (remote procedure code). 13