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 * [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/zzak/openssl)](https://travis-ci.org/zzak/openssl)
 
-TODO: Write a gem description
+OpenSSL provides SSL, TLS and general purpose cryptography.  It wraps the OpenSSL library.
 
 ## Installation