After my time as a student (1990-1999) and research staff member (1999-2004) at the institute, researching in network and systems management, I switched in October 2004 to a more practical profession as a technical staff member, responsible for network and systems administration.
Projects and Research Topics
Jasmin: In the joint Jasmin project between TU Braunschweig and the NEC Network Laboratories, Europe from 1998 to August 2001 a prototype implementation of the IETF Script MIB (RFC 3165) has been developed. Based on it, the concepts of the Script MIB and the Jasmin architecture have been evaluated, several enhancements have been added, and a concept for policy-based management based on the Script-MIB has been developed.
SMIng: Based on my diploma thesis, which has been finished in May 1999, a new language for modeling network management information - SMIng - has been enhanced as an NMRG project. It became a starting point for the SMING working group of the IETF. I've been actively involved in this working group.
LibSMI: As a practical part of my diploma thesis a software library for the management and access of MIB management information has been developed. libsmi was released in June 1999 under an open source license. Since then, it is still being maintained and enhanced. E.g., it contains a number of tools for MIB authors, reviewers and implementors.
Courses
Supervised Theses
Publications and other Documents
- Torsten Klie and Frank Strauß: Integrating SNMP Agents with XML-based Management Systems, in IEEE Communications Magazine, pages 76-83, July 2004 (KS04, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, RFC 3780, May 2004 (RFC3780, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: Next Generation Structure of Management Information (SMIng) Mappings to the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, RFC 3781, May 2004 (RFC3781, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-06.txt, October 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-06, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-modules-04.txt, October 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-MODULES-04, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Mappings to SNMP, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-snmp-04.txt, October 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-SNMP-04, BibTeX)
- Oliver Wellnitz and Frank Strauß: Bringing AgentX Subagents to the Operating System Kernel Space, in Proceedings of 14th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management (DSOM2003), Heidelberg, Germany, October 2003 (SW03, BibTeX, Slides)
- Oliver Wellnitz and Frank Strauß: Bringing AgentX Subagents to the Operating System Kernel Space, in Proceedings of 14th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management (DSOM2003), Heidelberg, Germany, October 2003 (WS03, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-05.txt, September 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-05, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-modules-03.txt, September 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-MODULES-03, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Mappings to SNMP, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-snmp-03.txt, September 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-SNMP-03, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and S. Schmidt: P2P CHAT - A Peer-to-Peer Chat Protocol, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft draft-strauss-p2p-chat-02.txt, June 2003 (ID-P2P-CHAT-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-04.txt, May 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-04, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-modules-02.txt, May 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-MODULES-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Mappings to SNMP, TU Braunschweig, International University Bremen, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-snmp-02.txt, May 2003 (ID-NMRG-SMING-SNMP-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and T. Klie: Towards XML oriented Internet Management, in Proc. 8th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, Colorado Springs, pages 505-518, March 2003 (SK03, BibTeX, Slides)
- P. Martinez, M. Brunner, J. Quittek, J. Schönwälder, F. Strauß, S. Mertens and T. Klie: Using the Script MIB for Policy-based Configuration Management, in Proc. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2002, April 2002 (MBQSS02, BibTeX, Slides)
- P. Martinez, M. Brunner, J. Quittek, F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder, S. Mertens and T. Klie: Using the Script MIB for Policy-based Configuration Management, in Proc. 2002 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, April 2002 (MBQSSMK02, BibTeX)
- C. Elliott, D. Harrington, J. Jason, J. Schönwälder, F. Strauß and W. Weiss: SMIng Objectives, Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Intel Corporation, TU Braunschweig, Ellacoya Networks, RFC 3216, December 2001 (RFC3216, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: SMIng Compliance, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft (work in progress) draft-ietf-sming-compl-00.txt, November 2001 (ID-IETF-SMING-COMPL-06, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: SMIng Compliance, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-compl-00.txt, November 2001 (ID-SMING-COMPL-00, BibTeX)
- C. Elliot, D. Harrington, J. Jason, J. Schönwälder, F. Strauß and W. Weiss: SMIng Objectives, Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Intel Corp., TU Braunschweig, Ellacoya, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-reqs-06.txt, October 2001 (ID-SMING-REQS-06, BibTeX)
- C. Elliot, D. Harrington, J. Jason, J. Schönwälder, F. Strauß and W. Weiss: SMIng Objectives, Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Intel Corp., TU Braunschweig, Ellacoya, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-reqs-05.txt, September 2001 (ID-SMING-REQS-05, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: A Script MIB based Java Policy Management System, TU Braunschweig, Project Report, September 2001 (JasminPolicy, BibTeX)
- C. Elliot, D. Harrington, J. Jason, J. Schönwälder, F. Strauß and W. Weiss: SMIng Objectives, Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Intel Corp., TU Braunschweig, Ellacoya, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-reqs-04.txt, August 2001 (ID-SMING-REQS-04, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-02.txt, July 2001 (ID-SMING-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Internet Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-inet-modules-02.txt, July 2001 (ID-SMING-INET-MODULES-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-modules-02.txt, July 2001 (ID-SMING-MODULES-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: SMIng Mappings to SNMP, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-snmp-02.txt, July 2001 (ID-SMING-SNMP-02, BibTeX)
- C. Elliot, D. Harrington, J. Jason, J. Schönwälder, F. Strauß and W. Weiss: SMIng Requirements, Cisco Systems, Enterasys Networks, Intel Corp., TU Braunschweig, Ellacoya, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-reqs-02.txt, June 2001 (ID-SMING-REQS-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: Concept of a Script MIB based Policy Management System, TU Braunschweig, Project Report, May 2001 (JasminPolicyConcept, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and J. Quittek: Open Source Components for Distributed Internet Management, in Proc. 7th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, Seattle, May 2001 (SSQ01, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-01.txt, March 2001 (ID-SMING-01, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng Internet Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-inet-modules-01.txt, March 2001 (ID-SMING-INET-MODULES-01, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-modules-01.txt, March 2001 (ID-SMING-MODULES-01, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng Mappings to SNMP, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-snmp-01.txt, March 2001 (ID-SMING-SNMP-01, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-00.txt, January 2001 (ID-SMING-00, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng Internet Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-inet-modules-00.txt, January 2001 (ID-SMING-INET-MODULES-00, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng Core Modules, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-modules-00.txt, January 2001 (ID-SMING-MODULES-00, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and K. McCloghrie: SMIng Mappings to SNMP, TU Braunschweig, Cisco Systems, Internet Draft draft-ietf-sming-snmp-00.txt, January 2001 (ID-SMING-SNMP-00, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Script MIB Infrastructure, TU Braunschweig, Informatikbericht 2000-07, October 2000 (Str00b, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, J. Schönwälder and S. Mertens: JAX - A Java AgentX Subagent Toolkit, in Proc. 1st IEEE Workshop on IP-oriented Operations & Management, Cracow, September 2000 (SSM00, BibTeX, Slides, also published as Informatikbericht 2000-06)
- F. Strauß: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Script MIB Infrastructure, TU Braunschweig, Project Report, August 2000 (JasminEval, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: JAX - A Java AgentX Subagent Toolkit, TU Braunschweig, Informatikbericht 2000-06, July 2000 (Str00, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß and J. Schönwälder: Using XML to Exchange SMI Definitions, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft (work in progress) draft-irtf-nmrg-smi-xml-00.txt, June 2000 (ID-SMI-XML-00, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: Distribution Models for Network Management Functions, TU Braunschweig, Project Report, June 2000 (JasminDistrModels, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß, S. Mertens and S. Brandenburg: The scriptmib Java Package, TU Braunschweig, Project Documentation, December 1999 (JasminSMPackage, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: Script MIB Performance Analysis, in Simple Times, Vol. 7, No. 2, November 1999 (Str99, BibTeX)
- J. Schönwälder and F. Strauß: Next Generation Structure of Management Information for the Internet, in Proc. 10th IFIP/IEEE Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, pages 93-106, Springer Verlag, October 1999 (SS99, BibTeX, Slides)
- F. Strauß: SMIng - A new Structure of Management Information, TU Braunschweig, Internet Draft draft-irtf-nmrg-sming-02.txt, June 1999 (ID-NMRG-SMING-02, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: SMIng - Eine neue Sprache zur Definition von Management-Informationen, Diplomarbeit, TU Braunschweig, 1999 (Strauss99, BibTeX)
- F. Strauß: Das Schwarzsche Alternierende Verfahren in Workstation Clustern, Studienarbeit, TU Braunschweig, 1996 (Strauss96, BibTeX)
- Frank Strauß and Henry Strauß: Parallel denken, in c't, Vol. 1990, No. 6, pages 244-256, June 1990 (strauss-ct-1990-06, BibTeX)
