Submission + - Maintaining algorithmic secrecy 4
commlinx writes: Recently I've been tasked with managing a small development team to develop a pilot project for an Australian electronic voting system. To avoid problems that have plagued similar systems in the United States I'm leaning towards a GNU/Linux open source solution so that the full operating environment can be reproduced from source for complete transparency. A stumbling block is the DES 56 encryption engine has been modified for additional security and we would like to keep this part of the code secret for security reasons.
The key is used to encrypt results before they are e-mailed back to the central server so this level of security is vital to ensure votes aren't received from other sources. I was wondering what ideas fellow Slashdotters could offer remembering the key will be the serial number on the back of the machine so integrity of the algorithm is vital?
The key is used to encrypt results before they are e-mailed back to the central server so this level of security is vital to ensure votes aren't received from other sources. I was wondering what ideas fellow Slashdotters could offer remembering the key will be the serial number on the back of the machine so integrity of the algorithm is vital?
