How to harden rails+webrick+https with insecure ciphers removed on Ruby 2.2
Updated: At first, my test code didn't adequately show ruby 2.4 sees the :SSLCiphers option whereas ruby 2.2 does not. I have edited the example code below to make that clear. Updated: Since my question failed to elicit any help from the community, I forged on ahead and two days later found the solution, which I have included below. I have a small Rails 3 application on Ruby 2.2 and Webrick that handles small loads and therefore does not need the complexity of a "real" web server. It has been patched to support https connections for secure logins, but by default, it accepts many old weak