[geeks] encrypted video cable?

[William Kirkland]

I thought I might try something new ... setting the subject to match  
the questions.

I am interested in how "encrypted video cables" work.

Does anyone have a pointer to the specifications? or an interesting  
article which provides some details?

Do these "encrypted video cables" have active components? or are they  
just cables with a high copper count which are undocumented?

It is my understanding that encryption also requires decryption. So,  
how does that work?


On Sep 19, 2006, at 07:19, geeks-request at sunhelp.org wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:19:30 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Vista is a job creator...
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>> From: Micah R Ledbetter <vlack-lists at vlack.com>
>> Date: 2006/09/18 Mon PM 06:23:40 CDT
>> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] Vista is a job creator...
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>> On Sep 18, 2006, at 17:59, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>>> In electronic stores now I'm seeing encrypted video cables, and
>>> they are
>>> being sold on all kinds of end-user benefits, with almost no
>>> mention at
>>> all of the restrictions that come with them.
>>
>> What the hell is an "encrypted video cable"?
>
> My guess - a cable with a secret combination of pre-wired pins that  
> are considered part of the media protection scheme, making reverse- 
> engineering a legal problem (since to do so would require  
> "breaking" a protection scheme, which, as we all know, is a crime!)...
>
> Lionel

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