At 3:12 PM -0700 5/1/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Seems to me that oneof the keys to permanently unlocking sat TV is >to do away with the vendor's receiver. From my novice perspective, >it seems many or most of the attacks against pirate devices are >based on the assumption that the pirate must still have a set-top >box which is still, indirectly, under control of the service >provider (that is its unmodified). What if an affordable software >based radio replaced the set-top box and the smart card >functionality? It would seem to me that 3M (Three Musketeer) >attacks, wherein one or more legal purchasers of the service >broadcast in real-time the required stream decryption codes over >ICQ/IRQ to all the other SDR boxes. This must have been thought of >or already tried. What am I missing Peter?
Nothing. I think that's correct. The only problem is broadcasting the keys is not simple. The latest systems change keys frequently-- as often as every 20 or 30 seconds I seem to remember. If you change the channel, you need a new key. It's not like the old days when the key changed daily or monthly. If you have such a service broadcasting the keys, it's not too hard to track you down. So I think it's not a practical solution. -Peter
