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RE: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes
From: gandalf () digital net
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:21:41 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Greetings and Salutations: From: David Brodbeck
You're missing the social dynamics around it. There are several parties involved:
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- The public. They don't understand these issues either, and they have a short attention span.
Let me add one more social dynamic. The public will want to see instantaneous vote results, so eventually these computers will be networked to send the results back to a central voting computer ... And we are all familiar with how easily networked computer can be compromised if they aren't locked down. Now we are also discussing Man In The Middle attacks, etc. (Which to me adds yet another social dynamic, if people see one person is winning that might change or sway their vote) The OSes had *better* be locked down and secure. The only way to verify that is to either blindly attacked the box or have a open box that is inspected by real independent observers. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------ Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for they are subtle and quick to anger. Ken Hollis - Gandalf The White - gandalf () digital net - O- TINLC WWW Page - http://gandalf.home.digital.net/ Trace E-Mail forgery - http://gandalf.home.digital.net/spamfaq.html Trolls crossposts - http://gandalf.home.digital.net/trollfaq.html
Current thread:
- Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes Jérôme (Aug 31)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes Ryan_Ward (Sep 27)
- Re: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Brian Kirkbride (Sep 29)
- RE: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes gandalf (Sep 28)
- RE: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes Bruce Barnett (Sep 29)