PenguinCoder to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgEnglish • 10 months agoTomorrow's Democracy Is Open Sourcewww.noemamag.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up198
arrow-up198external-linkTomorrow's Democracy Is Open Sourcewww.noemamag.comPenguinCoder to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square@PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•10 months agouse 3 different open source voting systems. at the same time. problem solved. there is no way one exploit can be used at 3 different pieces of software.
minus-square@smollittlefrog@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoAll 3 systems use openssl and get attacked using Heartbleed. (And even if they don’t reuse even a single piece of code, attackers can still just use multiple exploits.)
minus-square@PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•edit-210 months agoyes but 3 different exploits would result in different results. which is an indication that the voting result is irrelevant, and should be repeated edit: I am by far no expert, yet having anykind of kniwledge in that area, so I apologize for naivity in advance.
use 3 different open source voting systems. at the same time.
problem solved.
there is no way one exploit can be used at 3 different pieces of software.
All 3 systems use openssl and get attacked using Heartbleed.
(And even if they don’t reuse even a single piece of code, attackers can still just use multiple exploits.)
yes but 3 different exploits would result in different results. which is an indication that the voting result is irrelevant, and should be repeated
edit: I am by far no expert, yet having anykind of kniwledge in that area, so I apologize for naivity in advance.