[Demexp-dev] [comp.os.linux.announce] Adder 0.1.0 - cryptographic voting

[David MENTRE]

Hello,

I've just seen following announcement on comp.os.linux.announce
newsgroup. I haven't looked at the details yet.

A few points that I have noticed:

 * Free Software (GNU GPL);

 * Design Goals
"
The following principles are central to the project:

   1. Transparency: All of the data in the main server database should
      be accessible to the public. This includes the encrypted votes,
      public encryption keys, and final totals. The main server database
      does not store secrets.

   2. Universal Verifiability: Any result obtained by the system should
      be verifiable by any third party. By inspecting the election
      transcript, it should be possible to perform a complete audit of
      any procedure.

   3. Privacy: All voters in an election should be confident that their
      individual choices will remain hidden. Only the total is made
      available to the public.

   4. Distributed Trust: Each procedure is "supervised" by multiple
      authorities, and the final sum cannot be revealed without the
      cooperation of a given number of authorities. Any attempt to
      undermine the procedure will require the corruption of a set
      number of authorities. Authorities and voters may overlap
      arbitrarily. Thus, it is possible for the voters themselves to
      ensure trustworthiness.
"

I'm adding it to the wiki.

Best wishes,
d.

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> Adder 0.1.0 - cryptographic voting
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> Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:53:42 -0600
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> G2/1.0
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> Announcing Adder version 0.1.0.
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> Adder is a free Internet-based voting system which employs strong
> cryptography (homomorphic encryption and distributed key generation).
> Currently under development at the University of Connecticut, we have
> just released our first public version.
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> This is a work in progress, and we need the public's feedback.  If
> you're interested, please visit us at:
> http://cryptodrm.engr.uconn.edu/adder
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> Michael J. Korman
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