[wordup] more tv piracy ...

[Adam Shand]

while i never endorse doing anything illegal (heh) i have to admit that
everytime someone kicks a corporation in the nads it makes me smile on the
inside. in short (from slashdot) ...

"It seems that you can now connect your DirecTV receiver to a Linux box
and then using TCP/IP to connect accoss the Internet and emulate a valid
DirecTV account enabling all channels.... Oh yea, and of course it's open
source :) Full story. To DTV hackers this means that you dont have to have
an access card at your physical location! It can be located accoss the
country, or better yet in another country all together."

URL: http://www.hackhu.com/news.htm#0626mux
Via: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/27/0029217&mode=flat

Aux-over-IP [ by Shaun Willingham/r0f ]

MONTREAL - History was made in this famous Canadian Hockey city today -
and the result is almost unimaginable for DSS Hacking Enthusiasts.
Emulation, a method of safely and effectively "testing" the entertainment
DirecTV has to offer, has been taken to a new level.

Meet nerg343, a 30-something man from Montreal.  Two weeks ago, he
released the first beta distribution of his emulation utility called
pitou. Pitou is intended to be used in conjunction with the open-source
operating system, Linux. Linux is a powerful OS, that excels in true
multi-tasking, and networking features. I've had the privilege of testing
pitou over the last few weeks, and have seen a lot of dedicated work, and
intelligence put into this project. Today, the project reached a new
level.

Pitou Beta, build 94 was sent to me for evaluation and testing. Build 94
has a new feature which is about to change the way the emulation scene
operates. Build 94 has the option of using a remote aux card, over TCP/IP.
This means one central server, can provide an aux card for up to 47 IRD's
(DTV Receivers) to use. This number has only been tested on a 100Mbps LAN.
Nerg343 says a reasonable number for internet use is 6-8. This number may
go up as caching features are added into future releases.

Around 3pm on June 25, an aux card server on the East Coast was put
online. IRD's in Montreal, Winnipeg, and abroad were successfully able to
function as if the card was located locally, at each location.

Dare I even mention Napster... Now I've got you thinking. Public aux card
servers can be set up, and you no longer need an H card of your own.
Bandwidth considerations are minimal, (a few hundred bytes/minute) but
what is important, is latency. This will work much better for DSL and
Cable customers, as opposed to dialup users.  All that will be required is
a linux PC running pitou, with a network connection, and an available
serial port. Of course, you will still need an IRD, and emulator
interface.

Aside from this amazing feature, I must say pitou is very stable. The
first few releases did have quite a few bugs, but now that more research
and code changes have been implemented, the problems have vanished. The
author is using an 3rd generation RCA, and is experiencing no problems.
Other users have reported success with Sony's and Hughes equipment.

It can only get better from here. Those who are comfortable and satisfied
with PGM's MS-DOS based SLE_44 software, are advised to keep their current
configurations. However, if you are a linux junkie, or the option of
having a remote aux card interests you, I highly suggest investigating
Pitou. Pitou runs on an AMD K6-2 550 machine at an average of 0.4% CPU
utilization, and has an optional interactive interface to "look" into the
card's memory contents at any time during operation. Datastream logging,
and aux card command logging are all options included with the pitou
package. You can even set up pitou to decode the 800's (Audio Only)
without having to use an aux card. Pitou also has the ability of
simulating an IRD, so that scripts and other projects can be tested
without the possibility of damaging a precious H-card.

Pitou official website is at http://pitou.skie.net. Visit HackHUForums.com
for discussion on this amazing new piece of software.

Shaun Willingham / r0f
r0f at hackhu.com
HackHU.com