[Ilugc] Indian UID, Aadhar Project Is A Proprietary, Non Open Source Project?
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- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:17:51 +0530
I feel this is a very very sad thing happening. Sometime back I read
the only proprietary component used was for interfacing the devices
since biometric devices come only with Windows drivers. Now it
appears the entire stack is Windows-based.
I found the database used by Aadhar was most probably SQL 2005;
which is absurd.
The lifetime of Aadhar project is very very large compared to the
lifetime of Microsoft products. Every 3 years versions of the OS,
database, .Net Runtime etc. keep changing. It is a continuous upgrade
treadmill into which the Govt of India project will be sucked into.
I feel the same way. It is worrying to see our biometric data stored in
such an insecure/unreliable system. While trying to gather more
information on this, I came across a draft on NPCI (National Payment
Corporation of India) integration with AADHAAR dated Oct 2010.
http://www.npci.org.in/documents/AADHAAR.pdf
http://www.google.com/search?q=npci+aadhaar
(This is a technical document so people who know about the working of
credit/debit card retail payment system might be able to understand it
better)
I find the mere idea of bringing in fingerprint check with every
transaction very revolting. The added security/availability concerns in
a windows based solution, makes the whole thing just scary.
I request all members to suggest concrete methods by which this
project can be rescued and made into Open Source stack, instead of
merely complaining on a mailing list.
IMO, If we can get some details on the architecture from UIDAI, we might
be able to justify our concerns. So, I guess, the first step is to
establish contact with the UIDAI technical group (atleast, one among the
various departments/modules)
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