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 Use `require('crypto')` to access this module.
 
-The crypto module requires OpenSSL to be available on the underlying
-platform.  It offers a way of encapsulating secure credentials to be
+The crypto module offers a way of encapsulating secure credentials to be
 used as part of a secure HTTPS net or http connection.
 
 It also offers a set of wrappers for OpenSSL's hash, hmac, cipher,