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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] alternative to conntrack ID
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 00:18:23 +0200
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Marcus Sundberg wrote:
> You don't even need fast CPUs or networks to risk precision problems
> - think multiple NICs and SMP.

SMP or multiple NIcs don't matter because at any point in time only
one instance of a connection can exist. The challenge is to have a
unique identifier over time.

Regards
Patrick