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Name :   Ian S. Piper
Organization :   Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Post Date :   9/29/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.4.6.3.3
Page no. :  19
Line no.:  13
Comment :  In this requirement, "The verification process shall either (a) use reference information on “write-once” media received from the repository", the repository should not be able to distribute the vendor's software without the written authorization of the vendor.  Vendors conduct a business in which they sell licenses to use their software product and the distribution of that software must be authorized by the vendor.  If a customer feels that verification of vendor delivered software utilizing the NSRL hash codes is insufficient and requires the software delivered directly from the repository, then a request can be made to the vendor for such delivery.  The hope is that customers will learn to use the NSRL hash codes and be self-sufficient in verifying the software delivered to them.

Proposed change:  Add the following language after the word "repository, so that it reads "from the repository, upon written approval of that distribution from the vendor, ".