Sets, Bags, and Rock and Roll? Analyzing Large Data Sets of Network Data
March 2004 • White Paper
John McHugh
In this paper, John McHugh describes problems with monitoring and analyzing traffic on high-speed networks.
Abstract
As network traffic increases, the problems associated with monitoring and analyzing the traffic on high speed networks become increasingly difficult. In this paper, we introduce a new conceptual framework based on sets of IP addresses, for coming to grips with this problem. The analytical techniques are described and illustrated with examples drawn from a dataset collected from a large operational network.