VisFlowConnet-IP: An Animated Link Analysis Tool for Visualizing Netflows
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Abstract
We present VisFlowConnect-IP, a network flow visualization tool that allows operators to detect and investigate anomalous internal and external network traffic. We model the network on a parallel axes graph with hosts as nodes and traffic flows as lines connecting these nodes. We present an overview of this tool's purpose, as well as a detailed description
of its functions.
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Yin, X., Yurcik, W., & Slagell, A. (2005, September 20). VisFlowConnet-IP: An Animated Link Analysis Tool for Visualizing Netflows. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/visflowconnet-ip-an-animated-link-analysis-tool-for-visualizing-netflows/.
@techreport{yin_2005,
author={Yin, Xiaoxin and Yurcik, William and Slagell, Adam},
title={VisFlowConnet-IP: An Animated Link Analysis Tool for Visualizing Netflows},
month={Sep},
year={2005},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/visflowconnet-ip-an-animated-link-analysis-tool-for-visualizing-netflows/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Sep-14}
}
Yin, Xiaoxin, William Yurcik, and Adam Slagell. "VisFlowConnet-IP: An Animated Link Analysis Tool for Visualizing Netflows." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, September 20, 2005. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/visflowconnet-ip-an-animated-link-analysis-tool-for-visualizing-netflows/.
X. Yin, W. Yurcik, and A. Slagell, "VisFlowConnet-IP: An Animated Link Analysis Tool for Visualizing Netflows," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 20-Sep-2005 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/visflowconnet-ip-an-animated-link-analysis-tool-for-visualizing-netflows/. [Accessed: 14-Sep-2026].
Yin, Xiaoxin, William Yurcik, and Adam Slagell. "VisFlowConnet-IP: An Animated Link Analysis Tool for Visualizing Netflows." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 20 Sep. 2005. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/visflowconnet-ip-an-animated-link-analysis-tool-for-visualizing-netflows/. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.
Yin, Xiaoxin; Yurcik, William; & Slagell, Adam. VisFlowConnet-IP: An Animated Link Analysis Tool for Visualizing Netflows. Software Engineering Institute. 2005. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/visflowconnet-ip-an-animated-link-analysis-tool-for-visualizing-netflows/
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