[linux-dvb] Re: Nova + PC Card(pcmcia) driver--is it possible towatch encrypted program by using these devices?

[linmaster@nym.alias.net]

You wrote:

> David Toth writes:
>  >  Hi,
>  >

[...]

>  >  Are you sure about that? AFAIK the CAM (the PCMCIA card) only returns the
>  > actual descrambler key (using informations found in the TS and in your
>  > valid subscription card ofcoz'). You still need to descramble the
>  > encrypted channel using this key (this is done outside the CAM - e.g. in
>  > the AV711x on the rev1.3 card). And the algorithm you need here is
>  > something you probably never can get... so the nova card + PCMCIA card
>  > reader combination still misses an entity (the descrambler).
>  >  Bye,
>  >  David
>
> No, decoding is done inside the CAM. Why do you think they are so
> expensive?

@Marcus:

I don't want to wake any sleeping dragons here, but (as is widly known) at
least the AV7110 is perfectly able to decrypt without a CAM. It has a full
ECD implementation and one only needs to give it the right keys.
But who am i telling this to, you sure knew this - after all convergence
silently removed the ability to do just that at 31.12.2001 from the driver.

LinMaster


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