Q:

Cat 5 cable black hood on one end white on the other? VINA technologies 730-202717-00

This is probably a trivia question or a chance to educate me on something I know nothing about.
I have a VINA technologies cable here part # 730-202717-00
On one end is a white snag free hood and what looks like aluminum shielding. On the other end is a black snag free hood and what looks like a normal unshielded RJ-45. As far as I can tell these are factory molded/crimped.
Is this just a normal CAT 5 cable or is there something special about this cable I'd be curious to know before I toss it in the trash?

A:

It's a shielded cable. The shield really only needs to be earthed at one end, not both.

