require 'net/http'
require 'net/https'

http = Net::HTTP.new('twitter.com',443)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
#specifying the cert location works with ruby1.8
http.ca_file = '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
res =  http.get("/")

puts res.body[0,100]
puts res.inspect