--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Winelfred G. Pasamba <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/7/13 Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]>:
> > We can suggest to Comelec to compute SHA1 or MD5
> checksums of the approved programs, and at election time,
> the checksums can be recomputed (manually) and if the
> original checksum and new checksum agree, then there is no
> substitution.
>
> i agree. just backup the checksums of the tiffs, local
> count (ER), and
> other higher counts, and put them in a publicly accessible
> server for
> others to mirror. then maybe a regional more local
> verification
> (tiffs, ERs, etc) by local schools / LUGs. so
> everyone can have their
> own unofficial count which can add confidence to the
> official count.
The local counts (ERs) will be digitally signed by the BEI,
so they might want to digitally sign everything: tiff images, audit logs,
etc, before these are uploaded to a publicly accessible server.
The only problem is, there might not be enough bandwidth to move all that
data around at the close of polls on election day. The cellular networks
could crash under that much load. If they are moved to servers later on,
after some period of wait, then independent parties can not do a "quick count"
on their own.
So it really is a serious problem -- the network.
//PManalastas
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