Gus Koehler wrote: > How is the invisible structure of software, be it GIS, networking systems, > or electronic voting machines, to be made transparent and how do we know? > One thing is to do is to require these crucial systems be open source. Maximally expose all potential vulnerabilities. Give out $100k+ bounties for breaking the software in artificial settings. It's in stark contrast to what goes on now:
http://www.hackingdemocracy.com Software companies like Microsoft have been forced by media interests to provide Digital Rights Management in their software, including technologies like sealed drivers. So certainly the U.S. government could also create strong incentives to vendors writing secure open source software for applications like voting. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
