DIMACS TR: 2003-18
IPSOFACTO: A Visual Correlation Tool for Aggregate Network Traffic Data
Authors: Flip Korn, S. Muthukrishnan and Yunyue Zhu
ABSTRACT
IP network operators collect aggregate traffic
statistics on network interfaces via the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP).
This is part of routine network operations for most ISPs; it
involves a large infrastructure with multiple network management
stations polling information from all the network
elements and collating a real time data feed.
This demo will present a tool that manages
the live SNMP data feed on a fully operational large ISP at
industry scale. The tool primarily serves to study correlations in the
network traffic, by providing a rich mix of ad-hoc querying
based on a user-friendly correlation interface and as well
as canned queries, based on the expertise of the network operators with
field experience.
The tool is called IPSOFACTO for {\em IP Stream-Oriented FAst Correlation
for Traffic Overseeing}.
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