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CECster — A GUI-based tool to perform security testing against the HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) and HEC (HDMI Ethernet Channel) protocols | Kitploit
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CECster

A GUI-based tool to perform security testing against the HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) and HEC (HDMI Ethernet Channel) protocols

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CECSTeR

CECSTeR is the Consumer Electronics Control Security Testing Resource - a GUI-based tool to perform security testing against the HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) and HEC (HDMI Ethernet Channel) protocols

Released as open source by NCC Group Plc - http://www.nccgroup.com/

Developed by Andy Davis, andy dot davis at nccgroup dot com

https://www.github.com/nccgroup/CECSTeR

Released under AGPL see LICENSE for more information

Documentation

For full details of how to use the tool please read the HDMI Ethernet Channel whitepaper: https://github.com/nccgroup/CECster/blob/master/HDMI_Ethernet_Channel_whitepaper.pdf

In order to get CECSTeR up and running there are a number of dependencies:

  • Python - http://www.python.org/getit/
  • wxPython - http://www.wxpython.org/download.php#stable
  • Pyserial - http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial

You will also need:

  • RainShadow Tech USB-CEC bridge - http://rainshadowtech.com/default_files/HDMICECUSB.htm

Usage: CECSTeR.py

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