On Tuesday 02 November 2010 03:39 PM, Anivar Aravind wrote:
Can someone can draft a letter for FOSSCOMM demanding UIDAI to publish a white paper on technologies& standards and authentication& retrieval processes . also we need to demand for a public scrutiny on these standards
Could you have a look athttp://uidai.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153&Itemid=13#apparch and
http://uidai.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=189#publicationand make a note of what more precise information needs to be made public? That could form the basis for such a letter.
Some tenders specifically "prefer" open source technologies: uidai.gov.in/images/FrontPageUpdates/EOI_KM_Portal_v3.1.pdf A list of pages on the Aadhaar website mentioning "Windows": https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=windows+site%3Auidai.gov.in and "Linux": https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=linux+site%3Auidai.gov.inFrom http://uidai.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153&Itemid=13#apparch :
2. Multi-vendor: The complete multi-modal solutions from more than one vendor will be used. The Aadhaar Application will determine routing of a particular de-duplication request. It may determine to route a particular de-duplication request to more than one biometric solution. If it routes a de-duplication request to more than one solution, it is responsible for determining the final outcome of the de-duplication request. The UIDAI ABIS API specifies the interaction between UIDAI Application and ABIS. The middleware included in the UIDAI application (being developed by ASDMSA) is meant to provide vendor independence and standardisation. The key features of the middleware are: • Routing and mediation. • Guaranteed delivery • Fault tolerance and load balancing • Open standard based messaging (AMQP) using open source Rabbit MQ • Transparent connectivity to analysis and system monitoring modules of UIDAI applications • Support of Web 2.0 based UIDAI ABIS API and CBEFF data format standard • Encapsulation and isolation of ABIS components
and from their FAQ:
Has a system on this scale ever been rolled out before?
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c) We are committed to open standards wherever possible, and the use of open source in the initiative has allowed us to tap into a large community of experts that supports us and gives us feedback. d) Our design architecture is completely vendor neutral and scalable. For example, we have deployed three separate biometric solutions for de-duplication. In our design we can route requests to any, or all three biometric solutions.
-- Pranesh Prakash Programme Manager Centre for Internet and Society W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
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