[mythtv-users] SiliconDust to Announce CableCard Product at CES [RUMOR]

[Eric Sharkey]

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:
>> How are the encryption/decryption keys exchanged? Does Win7
>> send a certificate+public key to the cable card, and the cable card
>> then confirm the validity (and non-revoked status) with an external
>> sever before sending the data?
>
> Never mind...that's exactly how it appears to be done:
> http://www.cablelabs.com/specifications/OC-SP-CCCP2.0-I09-090508.pdf
> (see page 10, Card and Host Mutual Authentication)

I think in this context, "Host" refers to the box that contains the
cable card, which is the HDHR, not the W7 PC.

Eric