System used for DSS (US Satelite TV)
Mike Duvos
enoch at zipcon.net
Tue Aug 26 11:44:56 PDT 1997
> Anyone know about the security for the DSS system? (A US satelite TV
> system with 18" dishes). A buddy disconnected his for an extended
> period, and on plugging it back in, got all the channels for about 5
> minutes.
> So now I'm all curious if we can reproduce this.
> Adam
Apparently the content is not strongly encrypted in a way which requires
that one be a subscriber to recover it, since there is a "test mode" which
displays all the channels, including unassigned ones.
I've not seen a document describing their protocols in detail, however.
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