<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>A related thing we may wish to consider is if the AEC don't wish to reveal their source code, that they offer some mechanism for 3rd party systems to be feed the votes that the AEC receives to allow verification of counting. That way they can have their precious source code, but democracy is still upheld.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Of course, a problem that seems to be indirectly revealed in this is that the AEC don't seem to have separated the network elements, i.e., the electronic transmission of votes to the AEC counting system, from the system that does the counting. It may well be that this is what they are trying to hide -- that a buffer overrun in their network code could compromise the counting software.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Paul.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Linux Australia Secretary <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:secretary@linux.org.au" target="_blank">secretary@linux.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>So, coming at this from a Media and
Subcommittee Team perspective (CC'd) this may be a very good
opportunity for Linux Australia to write a Press Release around
the issue, with the following messaging;<br>
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- we support the release of the source code for transparency and
deeper scrutiny<br>
- drawing the conclusion that if we can't see the mechanisms of
government, how can we trust them?<br>
- denouncing the treatment of Michael Cordover as inappropriate
and massive over-reaction<br>
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Thoughts? <br>
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On 18/07/2014 11:43 PM, Joshua Hesketh wrote:<br>
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<pre>I absolutely agree :-).
Nobody specific in security comes to mind. We could perhaps reach out to
the RuxCon community. Otherwise just somebody like Tridge or Rusty may
be able to weigh in?
Cheers,
Josh
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(<a href="mailto:djitnah@greenwareit.com.au" target="_blank">djitnah@greenwareit.com.au</a> <a href="mailto:djitnah@greenwareit.com.au" target="_blank"><mailto:djitnah@greenwareit.com.au></a>) wrote:
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<pre>Perhaps the Open Source Community should provide "Expert Independent
advice" that opening software to scrutiny does not open system to
hacking etc., but much to the contrary.
Most likely many expert opinion can be obtained to counter the position
taken by the AEC.
LA could be well placed to facilitate the process of obtaining such
advice.
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Personally I think this suggestion from Daniel is an excellent one!
Do we know any experts in the community who can comment on the merits of
being open source when it comes to security?
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Josh Stewart
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