[microsound] traffic analysis

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> just wondering if anyone has used network traffic, sniffed tcp/ip,=20
> as a music source. I have traffic from a room full of servers flowing
> through my screen and would like to implement this somehow into a=20
> music project.=20
>
> capturing and parsing the traffic is easy, and I've thought about
> assigning a different "instrument" for dumps from each server or 
> client,
> and allow the aesthetic elements to then be determined by the
> variations...=20
> perhaps the volume of traffic, or even the type (for smtp traffic, use 
> a
> certain sound, for dns use something else.) it could be wonderful with
> just percussion sounds alone.=20

this is a particularly interesting suggestion as I'm currently working 
on a sound installation that uses data gathered from web services and 
used in a Max patch...
q's:
- what are you using for packet sniffing? tcpdump, snort, etc?
- what format is this data stored in? xml, mySQL, spreadsheet 
(tab/space delimited text) etc?
- can you put some of this data on the hotline server for me to look at?
:)
KIM


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