class Net::SSH::Proxy::HTTPS

information is not sent in plaintext.
using OpenSSL. This has the advantage that proxy authentication
A specialization of the HTTP proxy which encrypts the whole connection

def establish_connection(connect_timeout) 

def establish_connection(connect_timeout)
  plain_socket = super(connect_timeout)
  OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(plain_socket, @ssl_context).tap do |socket|
    socket.extend(SSLSocketCompatibility)
    socket.connect
  end
end

def initialize(proxy_host, proxy_port = 80, options = {})

* :ssl_context => the SSL configuration to use for the connection

taken by Net::SSH::Proxy::HTTP it supports:
can be used to tweak this proxy connection. In addition to the options
port. The +options+ parameter is a hash of additional settings that
Create a new socket factory that tunnels via the given host and 
def initialize(proxy_host, proxy_port = 80, options = {})
  @ssl_context = options.delete(:ssl_context) ||
                   OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
  super(proxy_host, proxy_port, options)
end