[atlarge-discuss] Election or voting App info - How security and privacy can be done inexpensively

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

All fellow members,

  Recently, a Canadian, one Theo de Raadt an INEGroup member,
was granted funding from the US military via DARPA to develop
OpenBSD (Open Source software)
See:
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/GTStory

  Some pointed excerpts:
"Although Microsoft Corp., whose Windows products are the world's
 dominant operating system products, and many other commercial
 software vendors are paying new attention to the security of their
 products, that renewed interest has done little to improve their
 products so far, Mr. de Raadt said."

  And BTW Jefsey/Judyth Mr. de Raadt is a FRENCH Canadian!  >:)
Just to let you know...

  Other pointed Excerpts:
"Low code quality keeps haunting our entire industry. That, and
sloppy programmers who don't understand the frameworks they
work within. They're like plumbers high on glue," Mr. de Raadt said."

And..

"Microsoft, for example, has issued 68 security bulletins or alerts for
 its products in the past year, better than one a week. OpenBSD,
 which does not develop as many products as Microsoft, says only
 one vulnerability or hole has been found in its software in the past
 seven years. OpenBSD has been created largely through the work of
 volunteers over its seven-year existence."

  So Jefsey have you been sniffing too much glue for recreation,
or did all of your toilettes malfunction and need replacing?  >:)

  This would be an far better platform for developing a voting system
than Jefsey's DOS ( Microsoft Product).  And no, this would certainly
not mean that every INCANNATLARGE.ORG member would
have to have a UNIX OS running on their box.  The Voting App
would be on a server of course...

And all this on the cheap!

  So are we ready to get some REAL work done, or continue to
go backwards...???

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 129k members/stakeholders strong!)
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Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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