Active component embedded in cable

摘要

Examples disclose a cable to secure data transmission. Examples of the cable include a connector to connect to a computing device for data transmission. Further, the examples of the cable include an active component coupled to the connector and embedded in the cable. The active component is to at least perform one of encrypt and decrypt the data transmitted on the cable.

主权项

1. A cable for data transmission, the cable comprising:
a connector to connect to a computing device for data transmission; and an active component coupled to the connector and physically embedded in the cable, the active component to perform at least one of encrypting and decrypting data transmitted on the cable after a key specific to the computing device is received by the active component and the computing device is authenticated by the active component as trusted for use with the cable, and to pass through the data transmitted on the cable without performing the encrypting or decrypting until the key is received by the active component, wherein the active component encrypts the data transmitted on the cable by encrypting a frame data associated with header data but not encrypting the header data.