From: "NARUSE, Yui" Date: 2011-04-16T21:36:20+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:35783] Re: Patch to Net::HTTP to allow overriding SSL certificate hostname verification (2011/04/16 9:21), Patrick Higgins wrote: > I have a need to connect to an https server using Net::HTTP which > (incorrectly) returns a wildcard certificate that matches close enough > for me that I wish to allow it without completely disabling peer > verification, which is too insecure for my needs. I would really like > to see the server fix their problem, but as a client my hands are > tied. What you say is Server Name Indication (SNI) RFC 3546. A patch for SNI is applied at r30816 and it will be shipped with Ruby 1.9.3. -- NARUSE, Yui