The Security Mentor

then you can still look at some other clues, like how well the vendor responds to normal bugs.

Diebold voting machines had an unfortunate tendency to freeze up min the middle of voting, leaving voters unsure whether they'd actually put their vote in or not.

That wasn't a security problem, really. It didn't affect the vote count. But it offers a chance to see how responsive Diebold is when a serious bug shows up.

How long would you consider reasonable? A week? A month? Remember that the company has to test to make sure they're not accidentally breaking something else when they make a change to fix the problem. Two months, maybe?

Via SecurityFocus, the story of freezing screens in Diebold voting machines.