Security Analysis of the eVACS Open-Source Voting System
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The electronic Voting and Counting System (eVACS) is an open-source software used in an electronic voting trial the Australian Capital Territory, and has been recommended for use in future elections. In this paper, we report results from a review of the eVACS code and design, supported by static analysis tools. While no “hot exploits” have been found, several bad practices were identified.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003