A method, system, and medium are provided for correlating and evaluating sets of packets in a networking communications environment even when the sets of packets are communicated in different protocols. One embodiment of the method includes providing a first set of packets sent from a source device, providing a first set of packet attributes that describe the packets, storing the first set of packet attributes, providing a second set of packets that are related to the first set of packets and that are to be received by a destination device, providing a second set of packet attributes that describe a first packet in the second set of packets, storing the second set of packet attributes, and determining which of the first set of packet attributes correspond to the second set of packet attributes.