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To: Steven W.

Apache web server:

Abstract. In 2010, Washington, D.C. developed an Internet voting pilot project that was intended to allow overseas absentee voters to cast their ballots using a website. Prior to deploying the system in the general election, the District held a unique public trial: a mock election during which anyone was invited to test the system or attempt to compromise its security. This paper describes our experience participating in this trial. Within 48 hours of the system going live, we had gained near- complete control of the election server. We successfully changed every vote and revealed almost every secret ballot. Election officials did not detect our intrusion for nearly two business days—and might have remained unaware for far longer had we not deliberately left a prominent clue. This case study—the first (to our knowledge) to analyze the security of a government Internet voting system from the perspective of an attacker in a realistic pre-election deployment—attempts to illuminate the practical challenges of securing online voting as practiced today by a growing number of jurisdictions.

https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/dcvoting-fc12.pdf


1,137 posted on 11/04/2020 12:58:54 PM PST by Melian (For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth...)
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To: Melian

DAMN.

Well done M.

This is gonna take me some time to read. I have worn out.


1,159 posted on 11/04/2020 1:18:39 PM PST by Cats Pajamas (We will get through this TO GET HER! VOTE VOTE VOTE)
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