@verify_mode = SSL::VERIFY_NONE
in C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\httpclient-2.1.5.2\lib\httpclient\ssl_config.rb
if you want to avoid following error.
at depth 0 - 18: self signed certificate
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient/session.rb:247:in `connect': certificate verify failed (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError)
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient/session.rb:247:in `ssl_connect'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient/session.rb:639:in `connect'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient/timeout.rb:128:in `timeout'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient/session.rb:631:in `connect'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient/session.rb:522:in `query'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient/session.rb:147:in `query'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient.rb:953:in `do_get_block'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/httpclient-2.1.5.2/lib/httpclient.rb:765:in `do_request'
... 7 levels...
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/soap4r-1.5.8/lib/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:143:in `call'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/soap4r-1.5.8/lib/soap/rpc/driver.rb:181:in `call'
