15. The system of claim 8 wherein the one or more processes comprises a decoder of a packet capture engine the decodes and hashes a network flow of each packet intercepted from the network link.
15. The system of claim 8 wherein the one or more processes comprises a decoder of a packet capture engine the decodes and hashes a network flow of each packet intercepted from the network link. 17. The system of claim 15 wherein the decoder hashes the network flow using a hash function to calculate a hash value for each packet.