DC linux based on-line voting system gets hacked.

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10-05-2010, 12:12 PM	#1
Dubious Dave Member Registered: Jan 2006 Location: Tampa, FL. USA Distribution: Fedora Posts: 108 Blog Entries: 7 Rep:	DC linux based on-line voting system gets hacked. It's awesome to hear that governments are trying out a non-MS OS for critical applications. In this case, the District of Columbia was trying out an online voting system. The server OS isn't specified however it's programmed with Ruby on Rails for a virtual Appache web server [1,pg18]. The crypto server is a modified (by RH) Fedora [1,pg17]. The bad news is that the UI was hacked and music was added to the process. The main article [2] doesn't say if the hole was linux related. [1] http://www.dcboee.us/dvm/DCdVBM-DesignRationale-v3.pdf [2] http://voices.washingtonpost.com/deb...nds_dc_on.html

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