____/ Richard Rasker on Tuesday 31 July 2007 11:57 : \____
> Someone had this great idea of stuffing Windows into electronic voting
> machines ... and sure enough, it can be hacked:
>
> "Testers were able to penetrate Diebold's GEMS server system by
> exploiting Windows as it was delivered and installed by the vendor.
> That allowed them to make security changes, including the installation
> of a wireless device, that were never recorded by audit logs."
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/30/evoting_machine_review/
>
> Why aren't people who make these kinds of design decisions fired
> instantly? Windows is a toy OS, quite unsuitable for anything requiring
> even the most basic security.
Windows is gradually being kicked out of real systems. Open Source voting is
being mandated in an increasing number of places.
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