[Discuss] Network Traffic Visualization

[feenberg at nber.org (Daniel Feenberg)]

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Daniel C. wrote:

> As we discussed in another thread, I'm taking a class on data
> visualization and for my final project I plan to write a piece of
> software that will create a visualization of network traffic.  I have
> a few questions that will help me get started:
>
> - What problems do you have that a visualization tool could help
> solve?  Are they well defined ("I need to keep an eye on http requests
> in case we get Slashdotted"), or is it more nebulous ("I just want to
> see what's going on in my network")?
>

It would be nice if the source of a broadcast/multicast storm was clearly 
highlighted. (Its the port that sends lots of packets but receives few).

Daniel Feenberg