> Maryland Plans Code Review for Voting Software
>
> Posted by michael on Thursday August 07, @11:12AM
> from the refactoring dept.
> asmithmd1 writes "We already knew Diebold software is insecure (1) ,
> now the Baltimore Sun is reporting (2) that the Governor of Maryland
> has asked SAIC (3) to review the software in Diebold voting machines.
> Diebold has graciously allowed SAIC access to their proprietary code.
> Why isn't this code open source by law?" In a related story, a trade
> show for closed-source electronic voting systems is doing their best
> to keep critics out .Update: 08/07 15:23 GMT by M: Diebold's website
> security is less than outstanding (4).
(1) http://slashdot.org/articles/03/07/24/153258.shtml?tid=103 (2) http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.voting07aug07,0,1419965.story (3) http://www.saic.com/about/overview.html (4) http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0308/S00014.htmhttp:// www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,59925,00.html