Warp wrote:

>   I can imagine a developer meeting:
> 
> Boss: "So what measures have we taken to make these voting machines secure?
> Which virus scanning software would be the best? How about firewalls?"
> 
> Experienced developer: "But sir, wouldn't it be better if we used a
> specialized computer which is *not* the target of major hacker attacks
> and which has been used for decades on high-security military applications
> which need the utmost security? For example some IBM or Sun unix machine?
> And given that the only use of these voting machines is to communicate
> with the central voting server, wouldn't it be more secure to build a
> private netword which is completely isolated from the internet? Especially
> since this is a government-funded project and our budget is humongous."
> 
> Boss: "No, no! It *must* use Windows. Windows is as secure as it gets."
> 
> Developer: "As secure as it gets? You just talked about virus scanners and
> firewalls."
> 
> Boss: "Windows is cheap. We have better use for the money than to spend it
> on expensive hardware and specialized software and private networks."
> 
> Developer: "Sir, this is a government-funded project. We must report every
> single spent dollar. What else can be 'better use' of that money than
> security?"
> 
> Boss: "Don't talk back to me like that or you will get fired! We will use
> Windows, and that's final."

You know, that *would* be funny - you know, if it wasn't *true*. :-/

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