[ZF] re: electronic voting application

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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On 7 Apr 2006, at 11:44, Jim Fulton wrote:

> Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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>> On 7 Apr 2006, at 11:25, Jim Fulton wrote:
>>> So far, I haven't heard anyone volunteer to implement/run a
>>> GPG/email-based system.
>> You're right, because there is *nothing* to implement on the ZF  
>> side,  except fo the person who tallies up the vote ensuring there  
>> is only  one vote per voter, and the signature on the vote matches  
>> the pre- announced signature of that person (or the signature from  
>> that person  stored on a key server).
>
> So will we use a personal address or set up a mailbox?  Who is going
> to validate the GPG signatures and count the votes?  What is
> involved in validating the signatures?  Who is going to coordinate
> the necessary web of trust?  I don't know a lot about GPG,
> but I know enough to be skeptical that it will require
> no work for the people tallying the votes.  But as long as
> it isn't me, whatever.

Never mind, just go ahead with the SSH solution, it's obvious you  
don't like this one and I don't see much value in spending my energy  
trying to change your mind if you already volunteered to provide a  
different solution.

jens

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