[Tfug] Let's play "ID this code"! (serious issue actually)

[Glen Pfeiffer]

On Mon Aug 24, 2009 at 02:20:33PM -0700, Jim March wrote:
> > It is possible to extract the data structure of all tables, the
> > lookup data that is not generated via the casting of votes, and
> > all code (triggers, defaults, functions, views, procedures) from
> > the database and put them all into a text file and generate a
> > hash from it. And that can all be done in code.
> 
> Glen, that sort of thing is completely beyond the tech 
> abilities of most of the county elections officials.
 
My point is that the vendor *could* have provided a program that  
performs that type of validation. That's the type of solution I 
would look to implement if I had to hack the existing system into 
compliance.

-- 
Glen