am also investigating but will come up with some tips **ANCEL OCHINO BWIRE ACCOUNT/BRAND MANAGER DIGINITE *
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:52 AM, G.Y. Mukalazi <[email protected]> wrote: > on paper it looks tight how then does it fail not on one location but all, > and Safaricome issues a statement distancing themselves from the Failure of > the system. > > > http://www.humanipo.com/news/4432/It-is-not-our-fault-Safaricom-says-of-failure-of-election-results-relay > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Ancel Bwire <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is how the whole thing works at the >> electral body There are 9 premises in the whole >> interconnection >> 1. Bomas (Tallying Center) >> 2. HQ(Anniversary Towers) >> 3. Safaricom & Airtel >> 4. 47 Counties 5. 291 Constituencies( including Diaspora) 6. >> Streams(Each Polling station had >> streams, actual voting points) >> 7. DR site >> 8. Internet >> 9. IEBC Website The HQ, BOMAS, Safaricom & Airtel are >> connected through P2P links of over 10MB. >> Internet is provided by AccessKenya >> through fiber link provided by JTL. AK also >> has a redundant link through a Radio The Streams are connected to the HQ >> via >> Safaricom & Airtel Cloud through a VPN >> (APN). At each stream is a Nokia Symbian >> Run Phone with a Java Application that >> transmits the poll results. The poll results >> are multicast to Bomas, HQ, Constituency & County. At Each >> constituency & county is a >> laptop running the Result system and a >> MYSQL DB. The same thing that runs at >> BOMAS. The intention was to have the >> results at all those locations at the same >> time. BOMAS has a server running the application >> & DB and so is the HQ & the DR site which >> replicates the data. The API is provided >> through the internet with google providing >> the GIS/Mapping The IEBC website is hosted by Safaricom >> cloud and is supposedly on a clustered DB Now there are rumors on whether >> the >> system was hacked on poorly coded. I cant >> say for sure but the biggest challenge for >> IEBC has been in distribution of phones, >> simcards and configurations of the phones. >> The main challenge for the system were logistical issues rather than >> technical. Technical challenges revolve around lack of >> proper testing which again is brought >> about by logistical issues(Imagine a mock >> transmission for 33000 units and yet the >> phones & simcards are still in the >> warehouses or unprocured!). The other technical issue revolved around >> compilation of the register(Data). to be cont..... >> >> -- >> **ANCEL OCHINO BWIRE >> ACCOUNT/BRAND MANAGER >> DIGINITE >> * >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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