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References with information relating to the VideoCrypt pay-TV system
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Markus Kuhn -- 1995-02-18
A book (known as the 'Black Book 4') with some of information about
Videocrypt and other pay-TV systems is available from:
Swift Television Publications, 17 Pittsfield, Crickdale, Swindon, Wilts,
UK. Tel +44 793 750620, Fax +44 793 752399:
"European Scrambling Systems 4"
by John McCormac (32pounds + postage) ISBN 1-873556-03-9.
Waterford University Press, Ireland, voice/fax: +353-51-73640.
John McCormac <mc2@cix.compulink.co.uk>, the author of the above book
also operates a bulletin board system, but you have to pay for access:
phone: +353 5150143
Reference about the Fiat-Shamir identification/signature system used
in the protocol:
Amos Fiat and Adi Shamir, "How to prove yourself: Practical solutions to
identification and signature problems", in Advances in Cryptology --
CRYPTO '86, A.M. Odlyzko (editor), Springer-Verlag, 1987
The following Internet servers provide collected information about
Videocrypt:
- ftp protocol: ftp.uni-erlangen.de, login: anonymous,
pub/pictures/video/videocrypt/,
contact: mskuhn@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
- ftp protocol: utelscin.el.utwente.nl, login: anonymous,
upload/vcrypt/.
- FSP protocol (NOT ftp!): 129.241.201.10, port 1994,
contact: geirh@idt.unit.no
The following BBS contains also some interesting related files:
ALTMARK-BBS, +49 3935 213550
USENET discussions about technical details of Videocrypt take place
in alt.satellite.tv.europe. A close mailing-list tv-crypt exists
for more technical and advanced topics of pay-TV security. Subscription
to tv-crypt is only by invitation in order to keep the technical level
of discussion high.
Some publications about Videocrypt are:
1) Jonathan Hashkes and Michael Cohen, "Managing Smart Cards for Pay
Television, The VideoCrypt Approach", News Datacom, Jerusalem,
Israel.
Seminar on Conditional Access for Audiovisual Services, Rennes,
France, 12-14 June 1990 (ACSA `90).
2) Michel Leduc, "Systeme de Television a Peage a Controle d'Acces
Pleinement Detachable. Un Example d'Implementation: VideoCrypt",
Thomson Lerea, Illkirch, France.
Seminar on Conditional Access for Audiovisual Services, Rennes,
France, 12-14 June 1990 (ACSA `90).
3) Patrice Peyret, Gilles Lisimaque, T.Y. Chua, " Smart Cards Provide
Very High Security and Flexibility in Subscribers Management",
Gemplus Card International Corp., Rockville, USA.
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 36, No. 3,
pp. 744-752, August 1990.
4) G. Morgan, "Smart Cards for Subscription Television: VideoCrypt
- a Secure Solution", News Datacom, London, UK.
Smart Card `91 International Exhibition, London, UK, 12-14 Feb.
1991 (Peterborough, UK: Agestream Ltd. 1991), 8pp.
5) European Patent EP 0 428 252 A2: A system for controlling
access to broadcast transmissions.
6) International Standard ISO 7816: Identification cards --
Integrated circuit cards with contacts, Geneva, 1988.
This list was compiled by Markus Kuhn <mskuhn@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
and valuable information was contributed by
Mike Pringle <mpringle@martin.qub.ac.uk>
Rolf Michelsen <Rolf.Michelsen@delab.sintef.no>
B. Markus Jakobsson <markus@cs.ucsd.edu>
and other whose names I've forgotten to notate or who don't want to be
mentioned. Further contributions are very welcome!