Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23Slide 24Slide 25Direct CongressDan SkorupskiDan Vingo10 September 2008Background and motivationProliferation of the InternetBackground and motivationLegislation produced by Congress directly changes our livelihoodBackground and motivationRecent rescinding of basic civil liberties/rights through legislationBackground and motivationLack of interest by general public in legislationBackground and motivationGet people directly involved in their government(i.e. direct democracy)Product FunctionsUsers will view current legislation that is being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives and the SenateProduct FunctionsUsers will sign up once, verifying their account with a confirmation e-mailProduct FunctionsUsers will view current legislation that is being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives and the SenateProduct FunctionsUsers will vote on legislation and records will be persisted to be displayed on the siteSecurityThere are many security challenges inherent in Internet votingSecurityPossible risk mitigation:Use of third party systemSecurityPossible risk mitigation:In house implementationThird party tools - AdderA free and open-source Internet-based electronic voting system which employs strong cryptography.Third party tools - AdderDeveloped at UCONN by Aggelos Kiayas et. al.Third party tools - AdderProvides increased securityThird party tools - AdderOverhead of implementation/addition servers neededThird party tools - AdderPossibly overkill for our needsAdder architectureIn house securityStandard web encryption using SSLAdditionally require users to verify votesAllow users to view past votes to ensure
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