[linux-dvb] Re: CAMs - the never ending story...

[Emil Naepflein <Emil.Naepflein@philosys.de>]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:22:12 +0100, "Stuart L. Morris"
<linuxdvb@crossover.uk.com> wrote:

> Does enough information exist in the public domain for someone (given 
> enough time ;-) to decrypt B-Sky-B's VideoGuard encryption? I'm not 
> talking about getting around the encryption but totally legal Sky 
> subscription card plugged into the CI slot on a Hauppauge DVB-s card? 
> Would it even be possible or would something have to be done on the 
> DVB-s card rather than on the PC?

The problem is that no CAM exists. The CI-Slot is for plugging in a CAM
and not the card directly. If B-Sky-B provides a CAM there may be a way
to make it working. But I assume that B-Sky-B has no interest to provide
a CAM. The same is true for PW. The CAMs available for PW are
(illegally) modified Irdeto CAMs. The PayTV companies have more control
over the receiver market and the decryption hardware if they only
provide or license receivers with embedded CA interfaces.

Emil 


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