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Re: VeriSign tapped to secure Internet voting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Grigg)
Wed Oct 1 21:32:24 2003
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Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:53:49 -0400
From: Ian Grigg <iang@systemics.com>
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To: roy@rant-central.com
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"Roy M. Silvernail" wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 01 October 2003 17:33, R. A. Hettinga forwarded:
>
> > VeriSign tapped to secure Internet voting
>
> > "The solution we are building will enable absentee voters to exercise
> > their right to vote," said George Schu, a vice president at VeriSign. "The
> > sanctity of the vote can't be compromised nor can the integrity of the
> > system be compromised--it's security at all levels."
>
> One would wish that were a design constraint. Sadly, I'm afraid it's just a
> bullet point from the brochure.
It's actually quite cunning. The reason that this
is going to work is because the voters are service
men & women, and if they attack the system, they'll
get their backsides tanned. Basically, it should
be relatively easy to put together a secure voting
application under the limitations, control structures
and security infrastructure found within the US military.
It would be a mistake to apply the solution to wider
circumstances, and indeed another mistake to assume
that Verisign had anything to do with any purported
"success" in "solving" the voting problem.
iang
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