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   Message 13,286 of 14,669   
   Jerry Avins to Le Chaud Lapin   
   Re: OT: The Truth About Predator Drones   
   17 Dec 09 22:00:49   
   
   b169a19c   
   XPost: comp.dsp, sci.crypt, sci.electronics.design   
   From: jya@ieee.org   
      
   Le Chaud Lapin wrote:   
   > On Dec 17, 8:15 pm, glen herrmannsfeldt  wrote:   
   >> In comp.dsp Mark  wrote:   
   >> (someone wrote)   
   >>   
   >>>> Passing encrypted video over a satellite network built for unencrypted   
   >>>> analog video is not a trivial challenge. As far as I know, there   
   >>>> exists no scheme to do this that has not been broken already.   
   >> (snip)   
   >>   
   >>> um,, is that why General Instrument was able to do it did it 15   
   >>> years ago for HBO?   
   >> He said "that has not been broken already".  As far as I know,   
   >> both the analog in digital encryptions have been broken.   
   >>   
   >> It slows down most people, though, so it still works.   
   >   
   > When has 256-bit Rijndael been broken? Or 128-bit for that matter? Or   
   > RC6? Or many other symmetric ciphers?   
   >   
   >> The usual analog encryption reverses the polarity of some scan   
   >> lines and/or frames.  It isn't hard to figure out fairly reliably   
   >> a polarity reversal.   
   >   
   > Take a look at the SkyGrabber site. It looks like the whole thing is   
   > based on satellite Internet access, which of course, is entirely in   
   > the digital domain:   
   >   
   > http://www.skygrabber.com/en/skygrabber.php   
      
   "Hacking" is the wrong term for that. Am I hackinf usenet with Thunderbird?   
      
   Jerry   
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