Sky Card Reader

Adrian wrote in message ...
Keith lever wrote:
Luke Bosman wrote in message
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Keith lever wrote:

Hi there,

Does anyone know if there is a way to read a sky digital card
please.

Insert in to Sky box. Allow Sky box to read card. Watch telly. The
end.

Do you have any need to read the card manually?

Luke

I want to watch sky on second box in the bedroom.So, I'm looking for
a cheap way of seeing what the card will let me do.Its called _-
Reverse Engineering-_.

Keith.

It would take someone far cleverer than you.


With all due respect Adrian, but you are not privy to how clever I am.
I'm may not be the brightest bulb in the street, but nor am I the dimmest.
;-))

I was enquiring about Hardware. I know the software side quite well thanks.

Keith

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Adrian wrote in message ...
Keith lever wrote:
Luke Bosman wrote in message
.uk...
Keith lever wrote:

Hi there,

Does anyone know if there is a way to read a sky digital card
please.

Insert in to Sky box. Allow Sky box to read card. Watch telly. The
end.

Do you have any need to read the card manually?

Luke

I want to watch sky on second box in the bedroom.So, I'm looking for
a cheap way of seeing what the card will let me do.Its called _-
Reverse Engineering-_.

Keith.

It would take someone far cleverer than you.


With all due respect Adrian, but you are not privy to how clever I am.
I'm may not be the brightest bulb in the street, but nor am I the dimmest.
;-))

I was enquiring about Hardware. I know the software side quite well
thanks.

Keith

If you had to ask the question in the first place, (and also seemingly
werent aware of Sky encryption), then his comments seem perfectly fair :-)
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With all due respect Adrian, but you are not privy to how clever I am.
I'm may not be the brightest bulb in the street, but nor am I the dimmest.
;-))

I was enquiring about Hardware. I know the software side quite well

thanks.

Keith


If you had to ask the question in the first place, (and also seemingly
werent aware of Sky encryption), then his comments seem perfectly fair :-)

Indeed - a "reader" for a sky card will not help.

The hardware, which I guess would be much the same as any other smart
card access hardware, is pretty simple.

The hardware would allow you to communicate with the card, not "read"
it. It is not like a "mag stripe".

Some information will be in the card and the interface will not allow
access to it - such as cryptographic keys - so any access hardware will
not help you.

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Keith lever wrote:

It would take someone far cleverer than you.


With all due respect Adrian, but you are not privy to how clever I am.
I'm may not be the brightest bulb in the street, but nor am I the
dimmest. ;-))

I was enquiring about Hardware. I know the software side quite well
thanks.

Keith

If that was true you wouldn't be asking.

Keith lever wrote:

: Does anyone know if there is a way to read a sky digital card please.

A Sky smartcard consists of a microprocessor CPU (the "smart" bit) running its
own program and with local RAM and EEROM. It "talks" to the STB via a serial
interface. The CPU will only alter its EEROM when presented with valid (and
digitally signed) control packets.

Adrian wrote:

Keith lever wrote:

It would take someone far cleverer than you.


With all due respect Adrian, but you are not privy to how clever I am.
I'm may not be the brightest bulb in the street, but nor am I the
dimmest. ;-))

I was enquiring about Hardware. I know the software side quite well
thanks.

Keith

If that was true you wouldn't be asking.

Please state your qualifications.

Luke

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