# Win32 openssl help request

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-openssl-help-request/65157>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-openssl-help-request/65157 "2006-02-09T22:25:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DebaunS\_Steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DebaunS\_Steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DebaunS_Steve)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-openssl-help-request/65157/1 "2006-02-09T22:25:04Z")

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Hi all –

I just joined the list because I saw a post (from way back in 2002)  
about  
using ruby and OpenSSL on win32. I was wondering if anyone has had any  
recent successes, and if so, what shenanigans they involved.

I’m having a heck of a time figuring out what my problem here is; I’ve  
tried  
three different ways to script access to a web page and they’re all  
failing  
when tried over https – which makes me suspect it’s a problem with my  
openssl; specifically, with what versions I have installed.

Samples follow:

Win32, Ruby 1.8.4p3, OpenSSL 0.9.7b for windows.  
Trying to manipulate a web page. They all fail over SSL. Calls using  
similar tools to non-SSL pages do not fail.

Three different approaches:

1. 

* * *

require ‘mechanize’

$urls = [“[https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/loginForm](https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/loginForm)”,  
“[https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/login](https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/login)”,  
]

agent = WWW::Mechanize.new  
agent.user\_agent\_alias = ‘Windows IE 6’

## p = agent.get($urls[0])

C:\dev\>ruby mechtest.rb  
warning: peer certificate won’t be verified in this SSL session  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mechanize-0.3.1/lib/mechanize/net-overrides/n  
et/http.rb:468:in `connect’: OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError

1. 

* * *

require ‘open-uri’

$urls = [“[https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/loginForm](https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/loginForm)”,  
“[https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/login](https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/login)”,  
]

## open($urls[0]) { |r| puts “New Cookie: #{r.set\_cookie}” }

C:\dev\>ruby openuritest.rb  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:237:in `open_http': undefined method `set\_default\_paths’ for #OpenSSL::X509::Store:0x2c146f0  
(NoMethodError)

1. 

* * *

require ‘net/http’  
require ‘net/https’

$urls = [“[https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/loginForm](https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/loginForm)”,  
“[https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/login](https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/mycompany/login)”,  
]

$uris = $urls.inject(Array.new) { |a,x| a \<\< URI.parse(x) }

$uri\_form = $uris[0]  
http = Net::HTTP.new($uri\_form.host, $uri\_form.port)  
http.use\_ssl = true

## r,d = http.get($uri\_form.path,{})

C:\dev\>ruby nethttptest.rb  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:565:in `connect': undefined method `verify\_mode’ for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)  
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**Author:** ![DebaunS\_Steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DebaunS\_Steve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DebaunS_Steve)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-openssl-help-request/65157/2 "2006-02-09T22:56:52Z")

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Hi,

From: “Debaun, Steve” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

> I just joined the list because I saw a post (from way back in 2002) about  
> using ruby and OpenSSL on win32. I was wondering if anyone has had any  
> recent successes, and if so, what shenanigans they involved.

Sorry I can’t offer specific help, but I wanted to confirm that  
I’ve been able to use OpenSSL/Ruby on Win32, both with SSLSocket,  
and ‘net/https’.

My net/https code looks similar to yours:

http = Net::HTTP.new(@sitename, 443)  
http.use\_ssl = true  
resp, data = http.get(path, nil)

This is on:

WinXP Service Pack 2  
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32]

I’m not sure which OpenSSL version… the ssleay32.dll and  
libeay32.dll files don’t seem to have any version information. ☹

Regards,

Bill