Let us reply to these points during our face-to-face meeting tomorrow. //Pmanalastas
--- On Fri, 7/17/09, Ambrosio Berdijo <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ambrosio Berdijo <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Public access to source code of election programs > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 3:02 PM > Hi Doc > Mana, > > This is to confirm my attendance for tomorrow's > meeting. > > Also some comments: > > a. is there some documents that describe the information > flow from the devices to final tally of Comelec? > > b. are we limited only on the auditing the source code of > the devices. How about the other > systems in the flow (e.g. is Comelec's network > secure?). Can these systems be audited as well? If we cannot > audit, can at least Comelec provide a report on who did the > audit and what audit/checks were done. > > c. What will be the process of compiling the source code > into binaries? and how will these binaries be distributed > into the machines? > > d. Will checks (full or random) be allowed to verify that > the binaries are correct or that the information received by > Comelec is the same as that stored in the machines? Who, > when and how will > this be done? > > Pardon me if these questions have been answered in previous > posts...but there > is not enough time to read them. > > Lastly, and this is probably outside of the scope of PLUG, > we need a way to validate the results of the elections > outside of the devices. A good example is the use of > statistics on > how Iran's election was analyzed > (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wmebane/note18jun2009.pdf). > I already forgot my "Stat-101" but for those who > can understand the report, I urge you to do the same for > 2010 elections > > Ambrosio > > > --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Pablo Manalastas > <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]> > Subject: [plug] Public access to source code of election > programs > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) > Technical > Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 10:01 AM > > > Comelec wants to set "guidelines" for doing > source code review. Here are my comments on this > issue: > > http://pmana.multiply.com/journal/item/55/Public_access_to_source_code_of_election_programs_Jul_17_09 > > //PManalastas _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
