# Packet service time vs connection time **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Created:** [September 14, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/packet-service-time-vs-connection-time/572 "2004-09-14T23:23:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vern](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/vern/32/630_2.png) [@Vern](https://community.zeek.org/u/Vern)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/packet-service-time-vs-connection-time/572/1 "2004-09-14T23:23:40Z")
> is there a way to calculate a service > time for a packet? What would this mean? Most services are TCP-based, in which case it may take multiple packets to even express a request / response. (That said, Bro does have a framework for packet-level analysis, but it's not part of the documented feature set. I can give you some source-code pointers if you want.) > I have the Paxson > and Floyd paper 'Wide Area Traffic....' but I haven't found any bits about > service time. (Vern, are you out there?) Evidently so! 🙂     Vern ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/packet-service-time-vs-connection-time/572/2 "2022-05-06T15:37:08Z")