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Update crypto.md 
The default encoding for crypto methods was changed in v6.0.0, with v4.x keeping a default of binary.
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Expand Up @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list-cipher-algorithms` will display the
available cipher algorithms.

The `key` is the raw key used by the `algorithm` and `iv` is an
[initialization vector][]. Both arguments must be `'latin1'` encoded strings or
[initialization vector][]. Both arguments must be `'utf8'` encoded strings or
[buffers][`Buffer`].

### crypto.createCredentials(details)
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available cipher algorithms.

The `key` is the raw key used by the `algorithm` and `iv` is an
[initialization vector][]. Both arguments must be `'latin1'` encoded strings or
[initialization vector][]. Both arguments must be `'utf8'` encoded strings or
[buffers][`Buffer`].

### crypto.createDiffieHellman(prime[, prime_encoding][, generator][, generator_encoding])
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