Re: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes

[Hollis Johnson <hollis () cisco com>]

This is what scares me:

"A Maryland county court yesterday rejected a challenge to the use of 
electronic voting machines that sought to allow voters to opt out of using 
the technology."

No option !!

Source: 
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,95688,00.html?from=homeheads

At 01:21 PM 9/22/2004 -0500, Homer wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 10:05, pressinfo () diebold com wrote:
> > In-Reply-To: <20040831203815.13871.qmail () www securityfocus com>
> >
> > Diebold strongly refutes the existence of any "back doors" or "hidden
> > codes" in its GEMS software.  These inaccurate allegations appear to
> > stem from those not familiar with the product, misunderstanding the
> > purpose of legitimate structures in the database.  These structures
> > are well documented and have been reviewed (including at a source code
> > level) by independent testing authorities as required by federal
> > election regulations.
>
>         And the reason that something this critical isn't open source so that
> *everyone* that wants to audit it can is? There is no way I will use one
> of those to process my vote till it has been proven to not have back
> doors. Independent testers are nice, but not enough to prove beyond a
> doubt that there are no hidden entries, and that 1 + 1 still = 2 in your
> calculations. Especially with the way this election year is going, I
> don't trust *anyone*. Just my 2 cents worth.
>
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