Secure internet voting with code sheets

  • Authors:
  • Jörg Helbach;Jörg Schwenk

  • Affiliations:
  • Sprint Sanierung GmbH, Köln;Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum

  • Venue:
  • VOTE-ID'07 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on E-voting and identity
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Malware on Personal Computers is a major security issue today. This fact implies that all solutions intended to secure Internet-based voting have to be re-evaluated under the assumption that a local malware application is capable of controlling the interface between user and PC. We propose to use paper-based code sheets, originally introduced by Chaum, to overcome this problem, and for the first time give a security analysis of this solution. We show that a modified, 3-step-scheme, can be considered secure against local malware attacks. Our scheme could then particulary be used to held shareholder elections or votes in an associaton over the Internet.