It will be a long time (if ever) for a stand alone N3 hack. The coder "The Broken" was making the files for Captain, C00lsat & Viewsat Phillip Allison of Seminole, Florida..was arrested several months back. Nag/Dish served The Broken on news that he had a stand alone compromise of N3. Many coders of other STB were relying on The Broken to release their own fixes.
Coders are saying this is why the word was out that "when N3 is fully implemented we will be ready". Now with The Broken no longer able to release the information, coders are not able to move forward.
This brings to light as to why STB distributors are all turning to IKS/SKS technology as they won't have a stand alone fix any time soon.
Oh well......with all the money I've saved on ppv fights and movies over the years I'm gonna invest in some legal tv. It had to end. Good things never last forever. So.......I've got 2 perfectly good viewsat boxes (pvr7000 and xtreme) that I'll put to use as door stops. But............just in case n3 gets hacked in the future I can always hook em up again. But I'm not holding my breath