EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | David Dill
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.6
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Comment : | The guidelines are grossly deficient in the area of networking security. Connection to a communications network creates enormous security vulnerabilities, because so many more people (and programs) can attempt to access the system. Software defenses often have unexpected security holes. Worse, network access can be used to trigger malicious software, or obtain access through a security hole that has been deliberately installed in the software. The only prudent course is to make sure that any network links that could reach outside the polling place are physically disconnected. The combination of live networking during an election with paperless electronic voting is nightmarish. [Statements submitted at EAC public hearing, July 28, 2005, Pasadena]