Sul Doc Falls, Olympic National Park, WashingtonAny voting system connected to the internet via a modem or network device should not be used to administer elections. We know that they are. ES&S openly admitted that their systems were.
Is there any remote communication technology associated with your proposed solution?
If so, explain.
ES&S RESPONSE
The future upgrade includes adding the remote communications technology both dialup and wireless supported by our other products to this product release. The future EMS network is
based on the proposed technology architecture. The EMS system includes a Windows 2008 R2 Server and Windows 7 Professional Workstations. The Workstations can be either desktop or laptop computers. The Workstations are then connected to the server using a gigabit switch.
The current closed loop LAN was given top priority when adding the wireless and wired data communications to the network architecture. In order to support the wireless and wired communications, a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was setup to host an SFTP Server. The DMZ configuration includes a Cisco ASA 5505 firewall and a Windows 2008 R2 Communications
Server. This Server hosts both a SFTP and a Syslog Server. This Server may also host a Routing and Remote Access (RAS) Server if wired (dialup) communications is used.
The firewall supports three VLANs, Outside (Internet), Inside (EMS Network), and DMZ (SFTP Server). The firewall has a specialized configuration, which only allows: l) the SSH protocol Enhancing the State of Colorado Election Process Uniform Voting System Request for Proposal
December 4, 2013
Section 9.0 — General Questions
14 between the Internet and DMZ, 2) the SSH protocol between the DMZ and the EMS Network, 3) the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to set its internal clock, and 4) logging to a Syslog server resident on the Server in the DMZ.
*******The DS200 Tabulators use wireless modems to connect to the SFTP Server via the Internet.********* (my emphasis)
In order to logon to the SFTP Server, each DS200 Tabulator is given a unique User ID and Password. The SFTP Server is configured to only allow the DS200 to push (send) data to the SFTP Server. The DS200 Tabulators are not allowed to pull data from the SFTP Server. The DS200 Tabulators may also use wired (dialup) modems to connect to the SFTP Server via the RAS Server. When using wired modems, before the DS200 Tabulator can communicate to the SFTP Server, it must first authentication with the RAS Server using Windows User ID and Password Authentication.
The Regional Results Transfer application allows results files accumulated on DS200 media devices at remote polling locations to be sent to Election Central from Regional Results Transfer sites. The Regional Results Transfer application runs on a Window 7 PC. The network options
include Ethernet, dialup, wireless mobile broadband and MiFi (mobile WiFi). In order to pull data into the EMS Network, an SFTP Client is installed on one of the ERM
Workstations within the EMS Network. The SFTP Server is configured to only allow the SFTP Client to pull (receive) data from the SFTP Server in the DMZ. The SFTP protocol used by both SFTP Server and SFTP Client is FIPS 140-2 compliant. Attached is a network diagram and a list containing hardware configurations and the required COTS software for the proposed system. The DS850 can be connected to the EMS network to an SFTP Server hosted on the EMS Server.
Each DS850 is given a unique User ID and Password. The SFTP Server is setup so that the DS850 transmitted data is stored directly into the proper election data folder on the EMS Server.
Sul Doc Falls, Olympic National Park, WashingtonGood on AG Paxton for going after ES&S !
I thought that Win7 isn’t being supported anymore.
FDA signs off on first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2024/03/05/FDA-glucose-diabtes-CGM/9571709680676/
Excerpt:
March 5 (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the federal agency had approved an over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor for those who do not use insulin.
The new Dexcom Stelo Glucose Biosensor System — a wearable sensor paired with an application installed on a user’s smartphone or other smart device, to continuously measure, record, analyze and display glucose values — is intended for anyone over the age of 18 and older who have diabetes but are not taking insulin
An FDA official said that the continuous glucose monitor “can be a powerful tool to help monitor blood glucose.”
Tuesday’s announcement by the FDA “expands access to these devices by allowing individuals to purchase a CGM without the involvement of a health care provider,” Dr. Jeff Shuren, the FDA’s Director of Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a statement.
.....But the FDA warned that the new system — which can be work up to 15 days before needing a new sensor — is not intended for those with problematic hypoglycemia, noting how it was “not designed to alert the user to this potentially dangerous condition.”
This comes weeks after the FDA said that smartwatches and rings can be unreliable when it comes to reporting blood glucose levels.
But the Center for Devices and Radiological Health lead by Shuren say as part of their “strategic priority” to “advance health equity,” CDRH “will continue to support innovation that addresses health equity by moving care and wellness into the home setting.”
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FDA approval has much commie talk, i.e. ‘health equity’, and they flat out say it doesn’t alert user to hypoglycemia. Sounds like a cheap Freestyle Libre knockoff meant to be inexpensive compared to continuous glucose monitors like Dexcom or Freestyle Libre.