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Name :   Ron Crane
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

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Section :  .20.2.6.5
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Comment :  8c1.

c. Vol. II, §2.6.5(b)(3) and Vol. II, §6.4.2 (concerning updates to operating systems, etc., to,
e.g., fix networking vulnerabilities) provides yet another means for unscrupulous vendors to introduce malware into voting systems, such as by requiring jurisdictions to install a
"bug fix" that really contains malware.