Windows systems too insecure for online voting

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:42:20 -0700
From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org>

Dave:

In a rare example of bipartisan consensus, a coalition of several
groups representing US citizens abroad agreed that it was not
possible to do secure Internet voting via computers that ran
Microsoft Windows. The Washington Post reports that

"four computer security specialists asked to review the program
released a report saying that the Internet and personal computers
running Microsoft Windows are so inherently insecure that online voting
would be subject to hacking. They urged a halt in the program for fear
that ballots collected online could undermine the integrity of the
election."

For the full text, see

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61273-2004Jan29.html

--Brett Glass

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