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[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

use 3 different open source voting systems. at the same time.

problem solved.

there is no way one exploit can be used at 3 different pieces of software.

[–] smollittlefrog@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All 3 systems use openssl and get attacked using Heartbleed.

(And even if they don't reuse even a single piece of code, attackers can still just use multiple exploits.)

[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yes but 3 different exploits would result in different results. which is an indication that the voting result is irrelevant, and should be repeated

edit: I am by far no expert, yet having anykind of kniwledge in that area, so I apologize for naivity in advance.