Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:33:46 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Bill Allombert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050411 00:20]: >> On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 07:44:08PM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: >> > > No, that would be stupid. This is why we have a guard against >> > > replay attacks. >

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-11 Thread Andreas Barth
* Bill Allombert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050411 00:20]: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 07:44:08PM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > > No, that would be stupid. This is why we have a guard against > > > replay attacks. > > > > But if the original vote that was signed and posted publicly was never sen

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-10 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 07:44:08PM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > No, that would be stupid. This is why we have a guard against > > replay attacks. > > But if the original vote that was signed and posted publicly was never sent > in, then there wouldn't be any record of the vote--so if

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:33:56 +0200, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:12:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Sure. If people are gonna make signed votes public and not send >> them in before changing their minds, that can be used to override >> their decision. So

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-07 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:12:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Sure. If people are gonna make signed votes public and not > send them in before changing their minds, that can be used to > override their decision. So don't do that. Sure :-) But will you in future ballot consider to ad

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:44:08 -0600, Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:29, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 21:38:51 +0200, David Schmitt >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> > On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:29, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >> On Mon, 4 Apr

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-05 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:29, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 21:38:51 +0200, David Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:29, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:18:26 +0100, Matthew Garrett > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> > If I si

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 21:38:51 +0200, David Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:29, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:18:26 +0100, Matthew Garrett >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> > If I sign three votes over the course of a day and then send them >> > in re

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-05 Thread David Schmitt
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 19:29, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:18:26 +0100, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > If I sign three votes over the course of a day and then send them in > > reverse order, will the votes that were signed earlier be accepted > > even if they w

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:18:26 +0100, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:15:22 +, Matthew Garrett >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> - I'm not sure if it insists that the order of signing is >>> consistent >>> with th

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 01:38:09AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:12:36 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Well, you have just to check the devotee code is doing what it is > > supposed to do, and that this is the actual code running on the > > actual ball

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-04 Thread Matthew Garrett
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:15:22 +, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> - I'm not sure if it insists that the order of signing is consistent >> with the order of receipt. > > Umm, I am not sure I understand what this means. If I sign

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:15:22 +, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think that Wesley may be thinking more along the lines of a >> simple replay attack -- if you *do* change your mind, your earlier >> (publically posted) ballot can be fed

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-04-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:12:36 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Well, you have just to check the devotee code is doing what it is > supposed to do, and that this is the actual code running on the > actual ballots, you don't really need to look at the ballots. Since > the devotee code

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-28 Thread Graham Wilson
On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:16:21AM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 09:34:35AM +0100, Emmanuel le Chevoir wrote: > > > Again, sorry for beeing such an idiot :/ > > > > Does that mean you improved your vote also? ;-) > > I'm lost, what was wron

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:16:21AM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 09:34:35AM +0100, Emmanuel le Chevoir wrote: > > > Emmanuel le Chevoir a ?crit : > > > >- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines > > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > >

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-28 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 09:34:35AM +0100, Emmanuel le Chevoir wrote: > > Emmanuel le Chevoir a écrit : > > >- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > >46348448-74a5-40ae-a651-49704435ae8c > > >- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 03:52:42PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > >On 20050325T002711+0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > >>Eh, the buyer can demand proof, the same proof a voter has to verify his > >>vote is tallied: ask the secret token. > >Ouch. Nasty. Bad. > >(

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 07:06:34AM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) wrote: > > > Just to be clear, nothing against Anthony Towns. I think he'd do > > > alright as DPL. > > > > Sounds like you've asked a few people and ar

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 09:34:35AM +0100, Emmanuel le Chevoir wrote: > Emmanuel le Chevoir a écrit : > >- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >46348448-74a5-40ae-a651-49704435ae8c > >- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op do, 24-03-2005 te 17:23 -0700, schreef Wesley J Landaker: > On Thursday, 24 March 2005 16:52, Roger Leigh wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) writes: > > > Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 09:12:51PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > > >> > I'm amaze

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-25 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'm amazed at how little people seem to have done to inform themselves >> about all the candidates, myself. > Just because people vote in a way that you might not does not mean > they are uninformed. Indeed, it's a polite way to say that they are morons. -- ciao, Ma

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-25 Thread Emmanuel le Chevoir
Emmanuel le Chevoir a écrit : - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 46348448-74a5-40ae-a651-49704435ae8c - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I'm so sorry for that one, that was a really stupid mistake. The good thing is tha

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread David N. Welton
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) wrote: > > Just to be clear, nothing against Anthony Towns. I think he'd do > > alright as DPL. > > Sounds like you've asked a few people and are now hedging your bets! Nope, my comments had nothing to do with him. I'd li

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Anthony Towns
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: On 20050325T002711+0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: Eh, the buyer can demand proof, the same proof a voter has to verify his vote is tallied: ask the secret token. Ouch. Nasty. Bad. (This is one of the reasons why real elections have partisan observers present in v

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Wesley J Landaker [Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:23:34 -0700]: > On Thursday, 24 March 2005 20:15, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Since the voter gets a return e-mail, they'd likely know about it, > > but if the attacker was clever and threw your ballot in right before > > the deadline, you wouldn't have enoug

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Matthew Garrett
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that Wesley may be thinking more along the lines of a simple replay > attack -- if you *do* change your mind, your earlier (publically posted) > ballot can be fed back into the system again, to reset your preferences to > those you originally cho

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday, 24 March 2005 20:15, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 02:57:43AM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday, 24 March 2005 16:52, Roger Leigh wrote: > > >> Happily, the OP still has a chance to change his mind ;-) > >

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday, 24 March 2005 19:57, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, 24 March 2005 16:52, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> Happily, the OP still has a chance to change his mind ;-) > > > > Unless someone else sends in his already signed ballot... > > You c

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 02:57:43AM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, 24 March 2005 16:52, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> Happily, the OP still has a chance to change his mind ;-) > > > > Unless someone else sends in his already signed ballot...

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Matthew Garrett
Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, 24 March 2005 16:52, Roger Leigh wrote: >> Happily, the OP still has a chance to change his mind ;-) > > Unless someone else sends in his already signed ballot... You can send in multiple ballots. Only the last one will count. As a resul

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday, 24 March 2005 16:52, Roger Leigh wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) writes: > > Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 09:12:51PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > >> > I'm amazed at how little people seem to have done to inform > >> > themselves ab

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) writes: > Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 09:12:51PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: >> >> > I'm amazed at how little people seem to have done to inform themselves >> > about all t

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20050325T002711+0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > Eh, the buyer can demand proof, the same proof a voter has to verify his > vote is tallied: ask the secret token. Assuming md5 is a strong hash, > this way a voter can prove his/her ballot if (s)he wishes to publicly > (or privately) show to

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread MJ Ray
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David N. Welton) wrote: > Just to be clear, nothing against Anthony Towns. I think he'd do > alright as DPL. Sounds like you've asked a few people and are now hedging your bets! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 01:13:49AM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > The point of a secret vote is to make sure vote buying is ineffective, > since under secret ballots the buyer is unable to verify that the > voter actually cast the ballot he or she claimed to have cast; and > that point is p

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20050324T135006-0600, John Goerzen wrote: > Well... > > So much for: > 1) secret ballots Secret ballots mean that the actual ballots are never published by the secretary. It does not mean that voters are not allowed to make their choice public (or to claim they voted in a particular way, desp

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread David N. Welton
Just to be clear, nothing against Anthony Towns. I think he'd do alright as DPL. -- David N. Welton - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ Apache, Linux, Tcl Consulting - http://www.dedasys.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread David N. Welton
Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 09:12:51PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > > > I'm amazed at how little people seem to have done to inform themselves > > about all the candidates, myself. > Just because people vote in a way that you might not does not mean > t

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Steve Kemp
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 09:12:51PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > I'm amazed at how little people seem to have done to inform themselves > about all the candidates, myself. Just because people vote in a way that you might not does not mean they are uninformed. It just means we are all look

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread David N. Welton
I'm amazed at how little people seem to have done to inform themselves about all the candidates, myself. -- David N. Welton - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ Apache, Linux, Tcl Consulting - http://www.dedasys.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Martin Schulze
John Goerzen wrote: > Well... > > So much for: > 1) secret ballots > 2) reading directions Reading is a lost art nowadays. -- Michael Weber I'm also quite appalled by the vote. *sigh* Regards, Joey -- No question is too silly to ask, but, of course, some are too sil

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread Luk Claes
Hi John Goerzen wrote: Well... So much for: 1) secret ballots 2) reading directions You should mail it signed, but not encrypted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You might have the same problem [0] as some others [1] [2] [3]. You'll be listed [4] as a unique voter [5] if your vote arrives. Cheers Luk [0] h

Re: Vote for the Debian Project Leader Election 2005

2005-03-24 Thread John Goerzen
Well... So much for: 1) secret ballots 2) reading directions On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 08:44:29PM +0100, Emmanuel le Chevoir wrote: > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > 46348448-74a5-40ae-a651-49704435ae8c > [ 3 ] Choice 1: Jonathan Walther > [ 6 ] Choice