ruflin/Elastica — pull request #107 by maetl (2011-11-24 04:00:06+00:00)
Title: Use a configuration flag to control this setting?

This addresses #106 - not quite sure the best way to make this configurable. It would also make more sense to have this default to "true" and only switch it off if explicitly set by the user.

Here's another (admittedly very opinionated) perspective on this issue: http://www.rubyinside.com/how-to-cure-nethttps-risky-default-https-behavior-4010.html