[Cryptography] What should I put in notifications to NSA?

[Henry Baker]

At 08:34 AM 12/17/2015, Allen wrote:
>Wait, what?  There's actually a law that requires this???  That is news to me.  Can someone please post a pointer to the actual law?
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>search the following page for "nsa.gov"
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>http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div8&node=15:2.1.3.4.25.0.1.17
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>see also
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>https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption/encryption-faqs#6

Huh!?!

What is "encryption"?  What is "encryption technology" ?

Is a random number generator (pseudo or true) included within these definitions ?

Does any device that includes XOR qualify?

What about "rsync", which utilizes a hash function ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync