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 <[email protected]>, 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: [email protected]

- ftp protocol: utelscin.el.utwente.nl, login: anonymous,
 upload/vcrypt/.

- FSP protocol (NOT ftp!): 129.241.201.10, port 1994,
 contact: [email protected]

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 <[email protected]>
and valuable information was contributed by

 Mike Pringle <[email protected]>
 Rolf Michelsen <[email protected]>
 B. Markus Jakobsson <[email protected]>

and other whose names I've forgotten to notate or who don't want to be
mentioned. Further contributions are very welcome!