[vdr] Re: Will these work for linux?

[Stan Moon <second_exodous@yahoo.com>]

Outch.  Where did you get this info?  from people that
have allready tried it or someone just told you?

Thanx,
Stan

--- "William E. Mrozinski" <wem@dcshome.com> wrote:
> Here are the two gotcha's:
> 
> DISH uses a proprietary version of Nagravision, not
> generic...
> 
> Every DISH box made has an internal serial number in
> firmware that is keyed with the card assigned to
> you.  So
> to do this you need to use the registered DISH card
> in
> your CAM ( no one has ever even tried this much of
> the
> process to my knowledge ) and the support code for
> the CAM
> must allow for providing the box key value to be
> used in
> the decrypt.  Oh yeah, getting to the box key
> involves a
> major hack to the registered box with probable risk
> of
> destruction of the box if not done perfectly. 
> There's
> more, but this was enough to send me looking for
> something
> else to do(g)...
> 
> Unless you're a glutton for punishment or on an
> unlimited
> budget these things have prevented anyone that I
> know of
> from making this fly...
> 
> Sorry for the reality check, but I just couldn't
> watch you
> swinging in the wind any more...(g)
> 
>     Bill

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