Scrambling and Key Distribution Scheme for Digital Television

  • Authors:
  • Wachiwan Kanjanarin;Thumrongrat Amornraksa

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ICON '01 Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Networks
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

The scrambling scheme is a part of the conditionalaccess system (CAS) that is used to prevent unauthorizedaccess to Pay-TV systems. In this paper, we propose anew scrambling scheme and key distribution scheme. Thescrambling scheme is used in conjunction with ordinaryencryption techniques, for protecting the digital videostreams from unauthorized viewing. A hash function anda pseudo-random number generator are used to preparethe video stream before being encrypted. The proposedscheme helps reduce computational time and complexitywhile providing the same level of security as encryptingthe entire video stream. In addition, the proposed securekey distribution scheme can be used with any scramblingscheme e.g. with our scrambling scheme. By using theChinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) for distributingparameters in the scrambling process, the security of thescheme can be increased. Moreover, our scheme canprevent two common problems, namely smart cardcloning and McCormac Hack.