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From: andfarm at teknovis.com (Andrew Farmer) Subject: Electronic Voting Machines - WinVote by Adv anced Voting Solutions On 19 Aug 2004, at 10:08, Tremaine wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:21:49 -0500, Michael Williamson > <michael@...fin.tamucc.edu> wrote: >>> Without even commenting on the "security" of WEP, it seems to me >>> that a >>> massive DDOS attack against the voting machines could prevent vote >>> tallies >>> from being counted in a timely manner. >> >> Using 802.11 for anything remotely critical is outright STUPID. >> >> FCC regulations are such that these part 15 devices (802.11, cordless >> phones, baby monitors) have no legal protection from interference from >> licensed services (amateur radio, TV stations, etc). If I'm running a >> high powered (10-100 watt) maybe signal at 2.4 ghz for amateur radio >> TV >> and happen to be living across the street from an election center, >> they're basically screwed. As a matter a fact, if their 802.11 is >> interfering with my licensed operation, it is they who must shut down. > > Perhaps they need to invest in some of this... > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/12/wifi_wallpaper/ Perhaps they need to invest in some of this... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000J1V3 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 186 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20040819/22b89864/PGP.bin
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