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  • I think OpenSSL is more commonly used on the server side rather than the client side. Ie - those browsers have to establish an SSL connection with the servers which serve the sites they're browsing. Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 3:07
  • SChannel is only used for Internet Explorer and Secure Transport only by Safari. Chromium and Firefox use NSS on Windows and Mac OS X too (and are thus able to support SNI and TLS1.2 on older Windows versions). Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 10:16