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Originally Posted by homealone
you would think so, wouldn't you - maybe when the harmony system properly kicks in, a full crossmatch between billed & received services will be possible?
- personally, I don't like the 'degeneration' of our society into a phase where cheap booze & tobacco, copied cd's, films, etc, are accepted as 'normal' - this is nothing more than anarchy - & unorganised anarchy is very hard to control  |
Of course I guess they could alter the MAC address in the box to make it look like an official box, I dont know much about the conditional access but satellite terminal equipment I currently work on uses very similar technology.
The MAC address is stored in memory associated with the ethernet processor, you just need to get in and change the address, it's done with a boot prom on most gear and using the RJ45. t's not my area but I know some very clever people who would be able to do that sort of thing very easily. The manufacturer of the chips usually have free development software available to download for this sort of thing so companies can develop the equipment to start with. Sometimes there is a password for access to change these settings but it will only stop the casually interested.
Just to make it clear, I have no interest in looking at this myself, just pointing out that for someone with the right skills all the information is readily available.