1st let me state about the locations.if they are 9 then how can you group counties and constituencies as the same?2nd the world for almost the last 8years has been moving from MySQL which I must say is quite old and easily hackable and to the more reliable Oracle go ask any bank that runs their DB on MySQL so why an election system for 2013?3rd fiber optic cables can handle 30million users per second and am sure an ISP can ensure that during election traffic on their network to be less,4th which VPN can handle more than two users at the same time remember systems security public key private key only 2users per session.Infact the only part I agree so far is the API for Google since am a member for the Ugandan chapter and also cloud technology which even APPLE,mICROSOFT OFFER SIMILAR **ANCEL OCHINO BWIRE ACCOUNT/BRAND MANAGER DIGINITE *
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, > > Unfortunately all too true, but I always live in hope that someone is > lurking who can get this in front of a IT savvey Politician. > > Simon > > > On 07/03/13 11:08, Paul Bagyenda wrote: > > Laudable thoughts, but this is all about politics. That's how the got into > the mess. As somebody has pointed out, for the money they spent, and I > don't think they are short of clever people, they shouldn't have been in > this mess. You solve this in the political realm. Judging by the results > flow this morning, my feeling is they are on top of it. Reasons are > complicated and non-IT... > On Mar 07, 2013, at 10:18, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just had the craziest thought, what if this project had been a Open > Source one? It seems that this technology in use is partially Open Source > (MySQL). > > Q. Why can't this be done as a East African FOSS Project, surely elections > need to happen and be monitored here and elsewhere. > > Politics aside we are a regional unit, do our various political election > methods differ so greatly that such a project would need much country by > country customisation? > > Is FOSS not the ultimate form of transparency? If everyone has the code, > does that not lower the possibility of hacking? Especially if some unit > testing is done to make sure what is entered makes sense? > > Would it not save money for us to all use the same system? Probably could > get funding for it from NDI or similar? > > Simon > > > On 07/03/13 10:11, Ancel Bwire wrote: > > 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). 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