A computer-based method for providing information about a potential
security incident ascertained from received internet protocol (IP)
packets is described. The method includes capturing IP packets from a
computer network, stripping packet header data from the captured IP
packets, reviewing the stripped packet header data for multiple
occurrences of matching packet header data, and storing, in a database,
only a single instance of packet header data for any reviewed packet
header data that is determined to have occurred multiple times.