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In article <1992Jul8.000947.12891@colorado.edu> bear@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Bear Giles) writes:
>In article <1992Jul7.212920.6452@colorado.edu> weverka@csn.org (Robert T. Weverka) writes:
>>As I understand it the banks use code to transfer money, and these
>>codes are about as secure as it gets.
>
>Money transfers between banks are encrypted with DES.  Some people
>have concerns that DES has been compromised by the NSA, but that is
>unproven.  (Not necessarily unfounded: IBM, the originator of DES,
 ^^^^^^^^

Not true!!!!  Shamir (the 's'
 in RSA, the name of what is probably the most
secure cryptological system to date)  has recently cracked a non-trivial
special case of DES, and is close to a general solution.

While a computerized and secure election is possible, the logistical 
consideration still make the old fashioned ballot box the best choice.