``` irb(main):001> require 'net/http' => true irb(main):002> n = Net::HTTP.new('192.0.2.10', 80, '127.0.0.1', 5000, nil, nil, nil, true) => #<Net::HTTP 192.0.2.10:80 open=false> irb(main):003> n.instance_variable_get(:@proxy_use_ssl) => true irb(main):004> n.start => #<Net::HTTP 192.0.2.10:80 open=true> irb(main):005> n.get('/') ``` Data sent to the listener at 127.0.0.1:5000: ``` GET http://192.0.2.10/ HTTP/1.1 Accept-Encoding: gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3 Accept: */* User-Agent: Ruby Host: 192.0.2.10 ``` This is due to the proxy SSL socket setup being inside a `if use_ssl?` block. https://github.com/ruby/net-http/blob/master/lib/net/http.rb#L1667-L1674 Transporting clear HTTP over a HTTPS proxy is a valid configuration, the library should support this.