title: How to tell gem command not to use SSL
body: <p>I am trying to run the <code>gem</code> command to install/update some gems, but due to some network restrictions in this area, I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR:  While executing gem ... (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError)
      SSL_connect returned=6 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read finished A
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(I think) this is mainly because of tampering with the SSL certificates.<br>
  Is there anyway to tell <code>gem</code> not to use <code>SSL</code>, to avoid the error?</p>