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Name :   Scott Hunsaker
Organization :   Hart Intercivic
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.4.1
Page no. :  8
Line no.:  
Comment :  6.4.1a

Comment:
"The vendor shall require and
state in the system
documentation that every
device is to be retested to
validate each ROM prior to the
start of elections operations."


Recommended change:
This requirement should be
struck from the standard


Rationale:
a requirement to provide
physical security should be
used instead. With good
physical security, all that is
needed is an audit of the
firmware.