# Access connection data using flow Id

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-connection-data-using-flow-id/162507>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-connection-data-using-flow-id/162507 "2018-12-31T10:56:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mrspring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mrspring](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mrspring)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-connection-data-using-flow-id/162507/1 "2018-12-31T10:56:29Z")

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Hi there  
I need to support TLS data in flow.  
Is it possible to get packets data to extract connection from protos.ProtocolData and then extract TLS data from connection.

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**Author:** ![adrisr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrisr/32/25423_2.png) [@adrisr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrisr)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-connection-data-using-flow-id/162507/2 "2019-01-02T15:47:46Z")

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Hi, currently this is not possible as flows and protos are separated and flow analysis only looks at packet headers and not to TCP payload.

The `tls` protocol in Packetbeat doesn't have all the information you need?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-connection-data-using-flow-id/162507/3 "2019-01-30T15:47:47Z")

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