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Abstract

XML-based network management has been proposed as an alternative or to complement SNMP-based network management. But the XML-based network management does not yet provide a method to manage networks equipped with legacy SNMP agents in the integrated management system. This integrated management system must include an XML/SNMP gateway, which translates and relays messages between the XML-based manager and the SNMP agent. In this paper, we propose three methods for interaction translation in the gateway. First, we propose a DOM-based translation, which provides a method for XML-based manager to directly access management information through the standard DOM interfaces. Second, we propose an HTTP-based translation using URI extenstion with XPath and XQuery. Finally, we apply SOAP, which is accepted as a standard protocol for XML, and propose a translation method for the gateway to advertise the translation services to the manager using SOAP RPC. We also compare the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed translation methods.
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Education of Korea for its financial support toward the Electrical and Computer Engineering Division at POSTECH through its BK21 program.

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