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

[Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>]

Jean-Claude Repetto writes:
 > >  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, you are wrong . The CAM contains a transport stream interface, to get
 > the encrypted stream and return the decrypted stream. Please read the EN
 > 50221 standard freely available at www.etsi.org .


Where can I find it? A quick search there did not turn up anything.
We have the document, but I would be interested to see if it really
is publically available now.


Ralph




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