gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12836847/how-to-establish-a-ssl-enabled-tcp-ip-connection-in-ruby
require 'socket'
require 'openssl'

socket = TCPSocket.open('crew-access-data.ual.com', 34135)
ssl_context = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
ssl_socket = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(socket, ssl_context)
ssl_socket.sync_close = true
ssl_socket.connect

# The above connect command produces the following:
#OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv2/v3 read server hello A: sslv3 alert handshake failure
#	from (irb):12:in `connect'
#	from (irb):12
#	from /home/advorak/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/bin/irb:11:in `<main>'



#.....

while line = ssl_socket.gets
	p line
end

ssl_socket.close