How to bypass SSL certificate verification in open-uri?

Question

I try to access a file with open-uri over an https connection. Unfortunately somethings wrong with the certificate, I get a certificate verify failed error. I can\'

Answer 1

A weak but controlled way is

class XMLRPC::Client
 # WEAK: Enrich the Client with a method for disabling SSL VERIFICATION
 # See /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/xmlrpc/client.rb:324
 # Bad hack but it works
 def disableSSLVerification
   @http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
   warn "Proxyman SSL Verification disabled"
 end
end

Then you simply call

client.disableSSLVerification()