I think that has crossed the line relative to where the dealers can claim that they aren't selling a pirate box. Nov 25, 3, 0 New Brunswick, Canada. These IKS receivers are card sharing units, one subbed card shared to whatever receivers are plugged to the internet, we hope that Dish and Bell will be able to find out what cards are being shared to shut them down, this is a big problem for Bell right now.
May 4, 0 Parts Unknown. However back to the OPs question, I think that IF the Nagra-3 puts the pirates out of business unlikely , as many have mentioned, we may initially have a bunch of cheaper receivers available on ebay. However the long term impact on the FTA community could be that the manufacturers would decide that there isn't enough market in North America to justify manufacturing receivers for us.
The bottom line is that we wouldn't really have a FTA hobby if it weren't for the pirate community, except for those of us wealthy enough or lucky enough to be able to find commercial receivers. So I always find the scorn expressed against the DN pirates to be a bit silly. We need them. Anyway, I'm hoping for a short life of Nagra-3's effectiveness. Otherwise I don't see ANY manufacturer bothering to make new receivers with the features we're all looking for.
Mar 16, 8, 1, Satsuma, AL. Everyone of those boxes that was used prior to N3 are now dead in the water, where are they? RVD said:. Think about it. To add the decryption code to the software of a fta box the code writer would need the source code. And only the manufacture has the source code. Sounds like NDS Group started this whole mess.. Previous Next. Similar threads. Replies 14 Views 8K.
Locked Encryption Question? Replies 9 Views 5K. Sep 18, No Strings. Locked Encryption question. LoneShark Aug 9, Replies 2 Views Aug 9, LoneShark. Locked Confused about encryption. Replies 14 Views 3K. Many thanks Eamo. However from what you are saying the sat server is the way forward. I really appreciate your help and will reflect on it for awhile. You must log in or sign up to reply here.
Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? District Court in San Diego on Monday. Charged along with him were two alleged accomplices in the plot, Phillip Allison, 35, and Robert Ward, 54, both from Seminole, Florida.
According to indictment papers, Kwak's company imports FTA receiver boxes and resells them under the name Viewsat via a network of retailers. FTA satellite receiver boxes are designed to allow users to grab free satellite TV programming such as religious and ethnic content.
Often they can be relatively easily tweaked to allow illegally access to paid satellite programs from companies such as Dish Network, owned by EchoStar Communications, for free. A USB port on the satellite receivers allows owners to get and update codes for unscrambling signals simply by connecting their devices online.
The relative ease with which the boxes can be modified for illegal use is a factor that has resulted in the sale of "millions" of Viewsat FTA boxes, according to the indictment papers. In order to defeat such piracy, providers of subscription-based satellite TV programming encrypt their signals and provide smart-cards which subscribers insert into their receivers to decrypt the signals.
The use of new smartcards based on one such Dish encryption scheme, called Nagra 3, in the fall of threatened to seriously impact Viewsat's market because it was considered to be an especially strong encryption scheme.
So Kwak is alleged to have asked Allison and Ward to hire computer programmers who would be able to crack the Nagra 3-based smartcards. Kwak agreed to finance the effort, in addition to rewarding anyone who succeeded in breaking the encryption.
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