Why IKS isn't really a true Card Share

In a nutshell:

"Why IKS isn't really a true Card Share"

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An IKS based system uses the internet to share "keys", but these are not the keys that "autoroll", they are called Control Word "keys" or CWs. Each channel has its own CW that is valid for approx. 5 minutes, this CW is an 8 byte number, this 8 byte number is used to unscramble the digital Video/audio packets for the 1 channel, so every time you change channels you need the Decrypted CW for that channel, and this is what I K S does via an internet connection.

The way a standalone BIN works is that when you select a channel to view, the BIN sends the Encrypted CW packet, found in "the stream" on that channel, to the "softcam" in the BIN , the softcam Decrypts the CW packet and uses the Decrypted CW to unscramble the Video/audio for that channel.

Softcam = a software duplicate of a smartcard, an N2 duplicate card at this time, because no one has been able to "open" an N3 card to get the information inside to make a software duplicate of it to use in a BIN file. This is why there is no "N3 fix" files.

I K S doesn't give users direct card access, they are connecting to a server that has all the channels listed by ID, with each channel ID is the latest decrypted CW for that channel, so the card is not being shared directly, the Decrypted CWs are being shared.

The receiver still sends the Encrypted CW packet via the internet to the server, the server uses that packet to ID the channel, and sends back the Decrypted CW for that channel, the card is not involved in any of this.

If the Encrypted packet has not been "seen" by the server before, so its a new CW, then the server will send that Encrypted packet to another location, the card server, where it will be Decrypted by the Subbed N3 card then sent back to the User server to be saved and sent out to any user watching that channel.

I K S setups have no limit on users, just the server limits, but more servers can be added to increase port capacity as required. I K S is newer means of approaching the old private network or 'True Card Share' set ups of days gone by.

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And that is how it works ... basically.

Many thanks to the original poster for this info.

Creative Genius