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