Considerations for security in the OSI architecture
Dennis Keith Branstad · IEEE Network · 1987
The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) computer network architecture has given computer network security designers a foundation on which desired security services can be defined and built. The author discusses several goal of security in the OSI architecture as well as where an how the security services that satisfy them could be implemented. He examines protocols for transport layer security services and describes an NBS laboratory implementation.