It seems these devices are illegally deployed, regardless. They're not
upheld to the same Information Assurance requirements necessitated for =
other
governmental information technologies, including FIPS140-2 and Common
Criteria. Instead, these electronic voting systems have been "approved" =
by
unnamed, unsupervised third parties with vested interests in these =
systems
being deployed. It's absurd.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jaeson Schultz [mailto:jaeson@jaeson.net]=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:33 PM
To: pressinfo@diebold.com; bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor
Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes


How about providing the source code so we can see for ourselves? =
Shouln't
the machines used for elections in a democracy such as The United States =
of
America be open to such review? Just because you refute the existence,
doesn't mean that the "back doors" or "hidden codes" aren't there. Only =
the
source code can prove that. Why should we just take your word for it?

~Jaeson Schultz


-----Original Message-----
From: pressinfo@diebold.com [mailtoressinfo@diebold.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:05 AM
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor
Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes


In-Reply-To: <20040831203815.13871.qmail@www.securityfocus.com>

Diebold strongly refutes the existence of any "back doors" or "hidden =
codes"
in its GEMS software. These inaccurate allegations appear to stem from
those not familiar with the product, misunderstanding the purpose of
legitimate structures in the database. These structures are well =
documented
and have been reviewed (including at a source code level) by independent
testing authorities as required by federal election regulations.

=20

In addition to the facts stated above, a paper and an electronic record =
of
all cast ballots are retrieved from each individual voting machine =
following
an election. The results from each individual machine are then =
tabulated,
and thoroughly audited during the standard election canvass process. =
Once
the audit is complete, the official winners are announced. Any alleged
changes to a vote count in the election management software would be
immediately discovered during this audit process, as this total would =
not
match the true official total tabulated from each machine. =20