protected boolean checkConnectionId(String client_address, long id) {
    try {
      random_mon.enter();

      Long key = new Long(id);

      connectionData data = (connectionData) connection_id_map.get(key);

      if (data == null) {

        // System.out.println( "TRTrackerServerProcessorUDP: rejected:" + id + ", data not found" );

        return (false);

      } else {

        if (SystemTime.getMonotonousTime() - data.getTime() > CONNECTION_ID_LIFETIME) {

          return (false);
        }
      }

      boolean ok = data.getAddress().equals(client_address);

      // System.out.println( "TRTrackerServerProcessorUDP: tested:" + id + "/" + client_address + "
      // -> " + ok );

      return (ok);

    } finally {

      random_mon.exit();
    }
  }
  protected long allocateConnectionId(String client_address) {
    try {
      random_mon.enter();

      long id = random.nextLong();

      Long new_key = new Long(id);

      connectionData new_data = new connectionData(client_address, id);

      // check for timeouts

      if (new_data.getTime() - last_timeout_check > 500) {

        last_timeout_check = new_data.getTime();

        Iterator<Long> it = connection_id_map.keySet().iterator();

        while (it.hasNext()) {

          Long key = it.next();

          connectionData data = connection_id_map.get(key);

          if (new_data.getTime() - data.getTime() > CONNECTION_ID_LIFETIME) {

            // System.out.println( "TRTrackerServerProcessorUDP: connection id timeout" );

            it.remove();

            List<connectionData> cds = connection_ip_map.get(client_address);

            if (cds != null) {

              Iterator<connectionData> it2 = cds.iterator();

              while (it2.hasNext()) {

                if (it2.next().getID() == key) {

                  it2.remove();

                  break;
                }
              }

              if (cds.size() == 0) {

                connection_ip_map.remove(client_address);
              }
            }

          } else {
            // insertion order into map is time based - LinkedHashMap returns keys in same order

            break;
          }
        }
      }

      List<connectionData> cds = connection_ip_map.get(client_address);

      if (cds == null) {

        cds = new ArrayList<connectionData>();

        connection_ip_map.put(client_address, cds);
      }

      cds.add(new_data);

      if (cds.size() > 512) {

        connectionData dead = cds.remove(0);

        connection_id_map.remove(dead.getID());
      }

      connection_id_map.put(new_key, new_data);

      // System.out.println( "TRTrackerServerProcessorUDP: allocated:" + id + ", connection id map
      // size = " + connection_id_map.size());

      return (id);

    } finally {

      random_mon.exit();
    }
  }