Assignment 3 - Investigating Problems

Part 1 due: by the end of class Tues, 2/17
Part 2 due: before class Tues, 2/24

Part 1 - Choosing Topics 3, 4 & 5

1. Give the topics, the labs, the investigators, and the title of the paper(s) or poster(s), if any.
2. Give a one or more paragraph explanation of why each of these topics interest you.

Part 2 - Investigate 3rd topic

• This part is to be done as an in-class exercise on Thurs, 2/19.
  Our third presentation will be on both Cyber Defense and Voting and the presenter will be Rick Carback. He has asked you to watch the presentation and read their IEEE paper which introduces the system. If you would like to read more about it you may also read their recent EVT paper (optional).
• Questions
  1. According to this paper, in any voting system what is the core security problem ?
  2. What does E2E stand for ?
  3. Why are receipts important ?
  4. What's an onion ?
  5. What is a switchboard ?
  6. What are the sets of meetings that represent Scantegrity's three core processes ?
  7. Are there still some security threats possible with Scantegrity ?
     If so, what are those possibilities ?