[mythtv-users] Netflix's new Roku product.

Jeremy Palenchar jeremy at palenchar.net
Wed May 21 18:25:58 UTC 2008


I really doubt that the Roku is going to have Netflix's cert stored as a
"trusted" cert. This would mean that the Roku box would have to be updated
every time the server certs change (expire) on the Netflix side.

-J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Preston Crow
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:18 AM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Netflix's new Roku product.
> 
> On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 10:11 -0600, Chad wrote:
> > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I wonder what the chances are of some smart Myth developer using my
> > > backend as a DNS server, fooling the box into thinking it's talking
> to
> > > NetFlix and then letting me stream Myth recordings to this Watch
> Now
> > > box? :-)
> 
> > Genius!  :D  We'd have to figure out what format the box wants stuff
> > in, but I think that would be trivial..
> 
> Someone indicated that it uses SSL, so it might require faking a
> certificate, so that might make things a bit tricky.
> 
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