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System used for DSS (US Satelite TV)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Tue Aug 26 14:24:13 1997

From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: cryptography@c2.net (Cryptography Mail list)
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 14:02:12 -0400 (EDT)

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


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