The entity making use of this sFlowRcvrTable entry. The empty string indicates that the entry is currently unclaimed. An entity wishing to claim an sFlowRcvrTable entry must ensure that the entry is unclaimed before trying to claim it. The entry is claimed by setting the owner string. The entry must be claimed before any changes can be made to other sampler objects. In order to avoid a race condition, the entity taking control of the sampler should set both the owner and a value for sFlowRcvrTimeout in the same SNMP set request. This mechanism provides no enforcement and relies on the cooperation of management entities in order to ensure that competition for a receiver entry is fairly resolved.