Can you guess the source.

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on Apr 15, 2007; 8:43pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Can-you-guess-the-source-tp523696p523735.html

Gus Koehler wrote:
> How is the invisible structure of software, be it GIS, networking systems,
> or electronic voting machines, to be made transparent and how do we know?
>  
One thing is to do is to require these crucial systems be open source.  
Maximally expose all potential vulnerabilities.    Give out $100k+
bounties for breaking the software in artificial settings.   It's in
stark contrast to what goes on now:

http://www.hackingdemocracy.com

Software companies like Microsoft have been forced by media interests to
provide Digital Rights Management in their software, including
technologies like sealed drivers.   So certainly the U.S. government
could also create strong incentives to vendors writing secure open
source software for applications like voting.