SSL bug in aws ruby-sdk

test_ssl_ruby_sdk.rb

OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE # required or connection fails

dynamo_db = AWS::DynamoDB.new(
  :access_key_id => AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
  :secret_access_key => AMAZON_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
  :use_ssl => false)

puts dynamo_db.config.use_ssl

table = dynamo_db.tables["test_table"]
table.load_schema

# data has been pre-populated

(1..10000).each{|x|
   m = Benchmark.measure {
       puts items["hash:#{x}", "range:#{x}"].attributes["title"]
   }
   puts "Time is #{1000 * m.real}.ms"
}