Secure data export and auditing using data diodes

  • Authors:
  • Douglas W. Jones;Tom C. Bowersox

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA;Department of Computer Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

  • Venue:
  • EVT'06 Proceedings of the USENIX/Accurate Electronic Voting Technology Workshop 2006 on Electronic Voting Technology Workshop
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Data diodes, that is, devices which permit only one-way communication, without even a reverse channel for acknowledgment, have many potential uses within voting systems. A practical design for a data diode is presented that is simpler and more nearly self-evident than previously published designs. Communication protocols appropriate for use in the voting context are described. Throughout, we emphasize designs that permit a relatively naïve observer to determine that it meets key security constraints.