Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: PunchScan voting protocol

2007-12-18 Thread Taral
I've attached below Rick's reply to this thread. Rick Carback is a member of the PunchScan team. - Taral -- Forwarded message -- From: Rick Carback Date: Dec 16, 2007 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Fwd: PunchScan voting protocol I think there are some misconceptions/assu

Re: PunchScan voting protocol

2007-12-15 Thread John Denker
On 12/13/2007 08:23 PM, Taral wrote: > On 12/12/07, John Denker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Several important steps in the process must be carried out in >> secret, and if there is any leakage, there is unbounded potential >> for vote-buying and voter coercion. > > I've done quite a bit of work

Re: PunchScan voting protocol

2007-12-14 Thread Taral
On 12/12/07, John Denker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Several important steps in the process must be carried out in > secret, and if there is any leakage, there is unbounded potential > for vote-buying and voter coercion. I've done quite a bit of work with this protocol. The protocol assumes the e

PunchScan voting protocol

2007-12-13 Thread John Denker
Hi Folks -- I was wondering to what extent the folks on this list have taken a look the PunchScan voting scheme: http://punchscan.org/ The site makes the following claims: >> End-to-end cryptographic independent verification, or E2E, is a >> mechanism built into an election that allows voter