Florian Steurer

Florian Steurer

Address
Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Saarland Informatics Campus
Campus E1 4
66123 Saarbrücken
Standort
E1 4 - 509
Telefon
+49 681 9325 3538
Fax
+49 681 9325 3599

Personal Information

Before joining the Internet Architecture group at the MPI, I worked as a software developer and architect. My interests lie in building fault-tolerant and scalable systems, understanding the underlying mechanisms and measuring and evaluating their characteristics.

Publications

2025
Steurer, F., Phokeer, A., Paeps, P., & Izhikevich, L. (2025). POSTER: Measuring Resilience of Authoritative DNS. In ACM SIGCOMM Posters and Demos ’25. Coimbra, Portugal: ACM. doi:10.1145/3744969.3748404
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@inproceedings{Steurer_SIGCOMM25, TITLE = {{POSTER}: {M}easuring Resilience of Authoritative {DNS}}, AUTHOR = {Steurer, Florian and Phokeer, Amreesh and Paeps, Philip and Izhikevich, Liz}, LANGUAGE = {eng}, ISBN = {979-8-4007-2026-0}, DOI = {10.1145/3744969.3748404}, PUBLISHER = {ACM}, YEAR = {2025}, MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$}, DATE = {2025}, BOOKTITLE = {ACM SIGCOMM Posters and Demos '25}, EDITOR = {Braun, Torsten and Zseby, Tanja}, PAGES = {25--27}, ADDRESS = {Coimbra, Portugal}, }
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings %A Steurer, Florian %A Phokeer, Amreesh %A Paeps, Philip %A Izhikevich, Liz %+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society External Organizations External Organizations External Organizations %T POSTER: Measuring Resilience of Authoritative DNS : %G eng %U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0012-35E4-F %R 10.1145/3744969.3748404 %D 2025 %B ACM SIGCOMM %Z date of event: 2025-09-08 - 2025-09-11 %C Coimbra, Portugal %B ACM SIGCOMM Posters and Demos '25 %E Braun, Torsten; Zseby, Tanja %P 25 - 27 %I ACM %@ 979-8-4007-2026-0
Steurer, F., Raghavajosyula, V., Lachos, D., Feldmann, A., & Fiebig, T. (2025). Catching Wind in a Net: The Effects of the CrowdStrike Outage on Internet Traffic. In Proceedings of the 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA 2025). Copenhagen, Denmark: IEEE. doi:10.23919/TMA66427.2025.11096993
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@inproceedings{Steurer_TMA25, TITLE = {Catching Wind in a Net: {T}he Effects of the {CrowdStrike} Outage on Internet Traffic}, AUTHOR = {Steurer, Florian and Raghavajosyula, Vaishnavi and Lachos, Danny and Feldmann, Anja and Fiebig, Tobias}, LANGUAGE = {eng}, ISBN = {978-3-903176-74-4}, DOI = {10.23919/TMA66427.2025.11096993}, PUBLISHER = {IEEE}, YEAR = {2025}, MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$}, DATE = {2025}, BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of the 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA 2025)}, PAGES = {1--10}, ADDRESS = {Copenhagen, Denmark}, }
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings %A Steurer, Florian %A Raghavajosyula, Vaishnavi %A Lachos, Danny %A Feldmann, Anja %A Fiebig, Tobias %+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society External Organizations External Organizations Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society %T Catching Wind in a Net: The Effects of the CrowdStrike Outage on Internet Traffic : %G eng %U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-3A6B-5 %R 10.23919/TMA66427.2025.11096993 %D 2025 %B 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference %Z date of event: 2025-06-10 - 2025-06-13 %C Copenhagen, Denmark %B Proceedings of the 9th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference %P 1 - 10 %I IEEE %@ 978-3-903176-74-4
Steurer, F., Feldmann, A., & Fiebig, T. (2025). A Tree in a Tree: Measuring Biases of Partial DNS Tree Exploration. In Passive and Active Measurement (PAM 2025). Virtual Event: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-85960-1_5
(Best Paper Award)
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@inproceedings{Steurer_PAM2025, TITLE = {A Tree in a Tree: {M}easuring Biases of Partial {DNS} Tree Exploration}, AUTHOR = {Steurer, Florian and Feldmann, Anja and Fiebig, Tobias}, LANGUAGE = {eng}, ISBN = {978-3-031-85959-5}, DOI = {10.1007/978-3-031-85960-1_5}, PUBLISHER = {Springer}, YEAR = {2025}, MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$}, DATE = {2025}, BOOKTITLE = {Passive and Active Measurement (PAM 2025)}, EDITOR = {Testart, Cecilia and van Rijswijk-Deij, Roland and Stiller, Burkhard}, PAGES = {106--136}, SERIES = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, VOLUME = {15567}, ADDRESS = {Virtual Event}, }
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%0 Conference Proceedings %A Steurer, Florian %A Feldmann, Anja %A Fiebig, Tobias %+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society %T A Tree in a Tree: Measuring Biases of Partial DNS Tree Exploration : %G eng %U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-89D1-7 %R 10.1007/978-3-031-85960-1_5 %D 2025 %B 26th Annual Passive and Active Measurement Conference %Z date of event: 2025-03-10 - 2025-03-12 %C Virtual Event %B Passive and Active Measurement %E Testart, Cecilia; van Rijswijk-Deij, Roland; Stiller, Burkhard %P 106 - 136 %I Springer %@ 978-3-031-85959-5 %B Lecture Notes in Computer Science %N 15567
Misell, Q., Steurer, F., Zirngibl, J., Feldmann, A., & Fiebig, T. (2025). Measuring the Deployment of DNSSEC Bootstrapping Using Authenticated Signals. In 25th ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC 2025). Madison, WI, USA: ACM. doi:10.1145/3730567.3764501
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@inproceedings{MisellIMC25, TITLE = {Measuring the Deployment of {DNSSEC} Bootstrapping Using Authenticated Signals}, AUTHOR = {Misell, Q and Steurer, Florian and Zirngibl, Johannes and Feldmann, Anja and Fiebig, Tobias}, LANGUAGE = {eng}, DOI = {10.1145/3730567.3764501}, PUBLISHER = {ACM}, YEAR = {2025}, MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$}, BOOKTITLE = {25th ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC 2025)}, ADDRESS = {Madison, WI, USA}, }
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%0 Conference Proceedings %A Misell, Q %A Steurer, Florian %A Zirngibl, Johannes %A Feldmann, Anja %A Fiebig, Tobias %+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society %T Measuring the Deployment of DNSSEC Bootstrapping Using Authenticated Signals : %G eng %U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-F46D-0 %R 10.1145/3730567.3764501 %D 2025 %B 25th ACM Internet Measurement Conference %Z date of event: 2025-10-29 - 2025-10-31 %C Madison, WI, USA %B 25th ACM Internet Measurement Conference %I ACM
2024
Steurer, F., Wagner, D., Lachos, D., Feldmann, A., & Fiebig, T. (2024). The Roots Go Deep: Measuring “.” Under Change. In IMC ’24, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. Madrid, Spain: ACM. doi:10.1145/3646547.3689008
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@inproceedings{Steurer_IMC24, TITLE = {The Roots Go Deep: {M}easuring '.' Under Change}, AUTHOR = {Steurer, Florian and Wagner, Daniel and Lachos, Danny and Feldmann, Anja and Fiebig, Tobias}, LANGUAGE = {eng}, ISBN = {979-8-4007-0592-2}, DOI = {10.1145/3646547.3689008}, PUBLISHER = {ACM}, YEAR = {2024}, MARGINALMARK = {$\bullet$}, DATE = {2024}, BOOKTITLE = {IMC '24, ACM on Internet Measurement Conference}, EDITOR = {Vallina-Rodr{\'i}guez, Narseo and Suarez-T{\'a}ngil, Guillermo and Levin, Dave and Pelsser, Cristal and Pastrana, Sergio and Sun, Yixin}, PAGES = {441--453}, ADDRESS = {Madrid, Spain}, }
Endnote
%0 Conference Proceedings %A Steurer, Florian %A Wagner, Daniel %A Lachos, Danny %A Feldmann, Anja %A Fiebig, Tobias %+ Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society External Organizations External Organizations Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society Internet Architecture, MPI for Informatics, Max Planck Society %T The Roots Go Deep: Measuring '.' Under Change : %G eng %U http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-0EB3-5 %R 10.1145/3646547.3689008 %D 2024 %B ACM on Internet Measurement Conference %Z date of event: 2024-11-04 - 2024-11-06 %C Madrid, Spain %B IMC '24 %E Vallina-Rodríguez, Narseo; Suarez-Tángil, Guillermo; Levin, Dave; Pelsser, Cristal; Pastrana, Sergio; Sun, Yixin %P 441 - 453 %I ACM %@ 979-8-4007-0592-2

Previous publications

2019
Hirth, M., Steurer, F., Borchert, K., & Dubiner, D.
"Task Scheduling on Crowdsourcing Platforms for Enabling Completion Time SLAs", 31st International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 31)

2018
Steurer, F., & Pluemicke, M.
"Erweiterung und Neuimplementierung der Java Typunifikation", Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the GI Working Group Programming Languages and Computing Concepts

Research Interests

  • DNS
  • Internet Traffic Analysis
  • Internet Resillience

Honours, Awards & Fellowships

2025
Selected for the Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship

Best Paper Award for "A Tree in a Tree: Measuring Biases of Partial DNS Tree Exploration" (PAM 2025)

2018
Department Prize for Outstanding Achievements in the Computer Science Program (Institute for Computer Science, University of Würzburg)

Teachings

  • Winter term 2025: Tutor in Hot Topics in Data Networks Seminar
  • Winter term 2024: Tutor in Hot Topics in Data Networks Seminar
  • Winter term 2023: Tutor in Hot Topics in Data Networks Seminar
  • Summer term 2022: Tutor in Data Networks

Recent Positions

2022 - current:
PhD student at the MPI

2018 - 2022:
Software Consultant at codeunity GmbH, Lossburg, Germany

2017 - 2018:
Working student at the codeunity GmbH, Lossburg, Germany

2013 - 2016:
Student at HOMAG GmbH, Schopfloch, Germany

Education

2016 - 2018:
Master of Computer Science at Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg

2013 - 2016:
Bachelor of Computer Science at DHBW Stuttgart Campus Horb