Very interesting topic here. Doc Pab I would like to volunteer as a code reviewer. Would like to know if there's any requirements needed here. Or some sort of meeting to be held?
Thanks, Mike ________________________________ From: jan gestre <[email protected]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:18:21 AM Subject: Re: [plug] Code Review & SysAdmin of Election 2010 Computers Pardon me if I might be out of line here but is Diebold the company that manufactures the voting machines for Smartmatic? And if my memory serves me right, this same company (Diebold) whose top brass' are convicted felons because of large scale fraud, right? Are the machines that Comelec the same controversial machines described here --> http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=73&Itemid=162 ? Take a look at the findings here --> http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2980&Itemid=51 . Smartmatic is saying that the machine has 10% margin of error, what happens then if margin of victory between 1st and 2nd is 10%? Manual recount? On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Miguel Paraz <[email protected]> wrote: 2009/7/13 Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]>: > >> I have been thinking about this for some time. Smartmatic can not get >> enough routable IP addresses to connect >> the PCOS machines at the precincts to their municipal CCS/BOC computers. So >> it has to be VPN involving >> PCOS machines and their municipal CCS/BOC computers. One VPN per >> municipality. Will such arrangement have >> to be with the blessings and help of Smart, Globe, and other cellular >> providers? > >They should address this question. > >Even if Smartmatic and friends were honest, what's to stop other third >parties now from breaking into these systems? Or even easier, causing >a denial of service attack - and a failure of elections? > >We all know the woeful state of security of government servers. > >_________________________________________________ >Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- http://jangestre.blogpsot.com
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