Diebold Analysis - Has this been seen or is it old news?

[HeeBGBz]

I was looking for information on electronic voting in my state and came across this. I tried to search DU to see if there are any references to it. Found none so if it has already been rehashed, I apologize.

Analysis of an Electronic Voting System

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"Diebold claims that we are not very familiar with the election processes. However, we have extensive academic and industrial experience in software engineering, computer security, and cryptography, which forms the bases of our analysis. In this response, we show that Diebold's arguments often miss the point, do not address many of our most serious findings, and demonstrate a considerable lack of knowledge of the technical matter, including a misunderstanding of technical terms such as "safe language," as we describe below.

Also, Diebold criticized our network-based attacks as being unrealistic since the voting machines will not be networked in practice. The Diebold code we examined contains many different configuration options, including the use of wired or wireless networks and the use of modems. Any communication, whether wired or wireless, whether over the Internet or over private phone lines, is fair game for an analysis of what can be intercepted by an intruder. If there is no such communication, only then would the Diebold system be safe against such attacks. Our paper carefully stated these assumptions, while Diebold's response blurs this distinction."

Once again sorry if its old news. I haven't been here long and I'm trying to catch up and help if I can.

[tech3149]

1. Avi Rubin is a good resource

I'm sure there are others who haven't read it yet.

[HeeBGBz]

2. Thank you for your diplomatic kindness

I appreciate your understanding. The desire to help out is sometimes difficult when you know you are about 2 years behind in the information search.

[T Roosevelt]

3. Don't worry about it

While it might be old news for many of us, it's not for a lot of new members. And of course it's always good to be reminded of stuff...

[Last Lemming]

5. There's a another newbie out here

with the same feeling--I too appreciate everyone's tolerance for allowing latecomers and other somnabulists to sit at the table with the pros

[shelley806]

4. Thanks for the post. I'd not yet read it, but I have now!

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