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[1] [CITE@en[RFC 5246 - The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2]]
([TIME[2015-02-19 08:58:15 +09:00]] 版)
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5246#page-79>
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> connection
>       A connection is a transport (in the OSI layering model definition)
>       that provides a suitable type of service.  For TLS, such
>       connections are peer-to-peer relationships.  The connections are
>       transient.  Every connection is associated with one session.
> 

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