1. A computer-implemented method performed by a remote capture agent coupled to a network, comprising: obtaining configuration information from a configuration server over a network, wherein the configuration information is usable by the remote capture agent to generate timestamped event data from network packets and to transform the timestamped event data into transformed event data; monitoring network traffic comprising a plurality of network packets; generating, based on the configuration information, timestamped event data from at least one network packet of the plurality of network packets, wherein generating the timestamped event data includes segmenting the at least one network packet into a plurality of events and associating each event of the plurality of events with a respective timestamp; and transforming, based on the same configuration information, the timestamped event data into transformed event data, wherein transforming the timestamped event data includes performing an operation involving data contained in at least one event of the plurality of events.