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From: so@babel.cs.psu.edu (Nicol C. So)
Subject: Re: VCR+ code question: Was it cracked and legal action taken?
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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1992 22:37:27 GMT
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In article <1992Jan6.160219.3580@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> gurney@galaxy.cps.msu.edu (Eddy J. Gurney) writes:
>I just got done reading an article in 'sci.electronics' that said
>three people at Berkeley had cracked the entire VCR+ code scheme.

Could somebody briefly explain to me what the VCR+ code scheme is about?
Specifically, what is being encrypted?  How do the cryptograms look like?
Why is it used at all?
