Diebold voting machines and old VAX panel doors

["David Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Ralph" <rs () his com>
Subject: Diebold voting machines and old VAX panel doors
Date: 10th October 2006
Time: 11:32:38 am

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> From: Ralph <rs () his com>
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> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:36:04 -0400
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> Dear Dr. Dave,
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> "The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine — the 
> door that protects the memory card that stores the votes, and is the 
> main barrier to the injection of a virus — can be opened with a standard 
> key that is widely available on the Internet.
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> "Chris’s key was left over from a previous job, maybe fifteen years ago. 
> He said the key had opened either a file cabinet or the access panel on 
> an old VAX computer."
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> http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1064
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> Happy voting,
> Ralph Sierra
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