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Encryption items NOT Subject to the EAR </a></li><li class="item-252 divider deeper parent"><span class="separator ">2. Items in Cat. 5, Part 2</span> <ul class="nav-child unstyled small"><li class="item-1071 divider deeper parent"><span class="separator ">a. 5A002.a (and 5D002 c.1) </span> <ul class="nav-child unstyled small"><li class="item-1078"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/2-items-in-cat-5-part-2/a-5a002-a-and-5d002-c-1/i-cryptography-for-data-confidentiality" >i. Cryptography for Data Confidentiality </a></li><li class="item-1076"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/2-items-in-cat-5-part-2/a-5a002-a-and-5d002-c-1/ii-key-length" >ii. Key Length</a></li><li class="item-1118"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/2-items-in-cat-5-part-2/a-5a002-a-and-5d002-c-1/iii-cryptographic-activation" >iii. Cryptographic Activation</a></li><li class="item-1077"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/2-items-in-cat-5-part-2/a-5a002-a-and-5d002-c-1/iv-5a002-a-1-a-4" >iv. 5A002 a.1- a.4 </a></li><li class="item-1079"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/2-items-in-cat-5-part-2/a-5a002-a-and-5d002-c-1/v-decontrol-notes" >v. Decontrol Notes</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="item-1072 divider deeper parent"><span class="separator ">3. License Exception ENC and Mass Market</span> <ul class="nav-child unstyled small"><li class="item-1080"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/3-license-exception-enc-and-mass-market/a-mass-market" >a. Mass Market</a></li><li class="item-1081"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/3-license-exception-enc-and-mass-market/b-740-17-a" >b. 740.17(a) </a></li><li class="item-1082"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/3-license-exception-enc-and-mass-market/c-740-17-b-2" >c. 740.17(b)(2)</a></li><li class="item-1083"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/3-license-exception-enc-and-mass-market/d-740-17-b-3" >d. 740.17(b)(3)</a></li><li class="item-1084"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/3-license-exception-enc-and-mass-market/e-740-17-b-1" >e. 740.17(b)(1)</a></li></ul></li><li class="item-1073 divider deeper parent"><span class="separator ">4. Reports and Reviews</span> <ul class="nav-child unstyled small"><li class="item-1085"><a href="/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/4-reports-and-reviews/a-annual-self-classification" >a. 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