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Re: RE: Electronic Voting Machines - WinVote by Adv anced Voting Solutions


From: James Tucker <jftucker () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:50:43 -0300

Of course the power ranges you quote are also illegal, not to mention
extremely dangerous.

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:21:49 -0500, Michael Williamson
<michael () puffin tamucc edu> wrote:
Using 802.11 for anything remotely critical is outright STUPID.

FCC regulations are such that these part 15 devices (802.11, cordless
phones, baby monitors) have no legal protection from interference from
licensed services (amateur radio, TV stations, etc).  If I'm running a
high powered (10-100 watt) maybe signal at 2.4 ghz for amateur radio TV
and happen to be living across the street from an election center,
they're basically screwed.  As a matter a fact, if their 802.11 is
interfering with my licensed operation, it is they who must shut down.

-Michael




Without even commenting on the "security" of WEP, it seems to me that a
massive DDOS attack against the voting machines could prevent vote tallies
from being counted in a timely manner.




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