Subject: Re: What's the right way to use a *large* number of source addresses?

From: Jamal Hadi Salim <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 07:58:15 -0400

On 05/23/14 05:38, Niels Möller wrote:
> Hi,

>     Main drawback of using NAT is the overhead for connection tracking;
>     it would be preferable if the only per-connection state needed is the
>     socket itself.
>

If stateless nat is sufficient take a look at tc nat.

cheers,
jamal