Ruby SSL error - sslv3 alert unexpected message

Question

I\'m trying to connect to the server https://www.xpiron.com/schedule in a ruby script. However, when I try connecting:

require \'open-uri\'
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Answer 1

Just to answer my own question.

The problem seems to be with how Ruby negotiates SSL connections. There's an error in Xpiron's TLS mechanism, and it throws an error instead of retrying to other SSL versions.

If you force the SSL version to 3.0, it works:

require 'net/http'
url = URI.parse('https://www.xpiron.com/schedule')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
sock = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, 443)
sock.use_ssl = true
sock.ssl_version="SSLv3"
sock.start do |http|
    response = http.request(req)
end

I also created an issue on Ruby's bug tracker.